They don't need to be local to you for selling. It's possibly helpful when buying if you are buying something exotic.
It can make it more convenient for things that require physical documentation exchange as posting stuff securely is a ball ache. But you will pay £200-£300 extra for the privilege of using a London based conveyancer.
Yes, I did pretty much the whole thing with scans. Think I posted a couple of documents in total and they weren't so sensitive that they couldn't just go in first class post.
Saying that, I discovered recently that he is actually based about 15 minutes from me.
They don't need to be local to you for selling. It's possibly helpful when buying if you are buying something exotic.
It can make it more convenient for things that require physical documentation exchange as posting stuff securely is a ball ache. But you will pay £200-£300 extra for the privilege of using a London based conveyancer.