House Purchase

[waterbitch]

looking into buying a house,understand we need to pay for a surveyor,also a conveyancer, do we also need to pay a solicitor on top of these,because we thought a conveyancer did the same as a solicitor.
any house buying advice gratefully received

[chrissa1]

You need a surveyor and a solicitor, full stop.

[chrissa1]

A conveyancer is someone who carries things from one place to another.

[tamborine]

Conveyancing in a legal sense, is property purchase that your solicitor specialises in.

http://www.which.co.uk/money/mortgages-and-property/guides/buying-a-house/conveyancing/

[Canary42]

Strictly speaking, you don't need a solicitor if you've found a conveyancer, but when I last bought a house, the latter were considered a bit risky. The situation may well have improved since then (1988).

Read this for explanation of Conveyancer role/qualification - it should hopefully reassure you.

[Canary42]

Ooops, forgot the link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_conveyancer

[SirOracle]

If you use a conveyancer and they make a mess of things then you may have difficulty in suing .

A solicitor has professional indemnity insurance,and if this fails then you have recourse to the law society.

Mistakes in the purchasing of a house are not uncommon and can cost you a fortune.

[bednobs]

hving just moved into our new hose, i cn tell you our legal conveyrcers were excellent; the other sides solicitors were crap

[waterbitch]

many thanks guys