in hindsight i wish we'd done the same - did you go somewhere local or via the agents' referral system? we did the latter, regrettably, and would 100% chose somewhere i could walk in if there's a next time.
case in point - just found out the land registry stuff has been updated thanks to rightmove, no word from the solicitors about it. paid the £3 to double-check our names were indeed on it..!
We used a website to get quotes then chose one of them. Not the cheapest but apparently still crap. We're going to use the one my partner used when she bought the first place, she said they were slow but got it done and there's an online portal to see the status of everything.
in hindsight i wish we'd done the same - did you go somewhere local or via the agents' referral system? we did the latter, regrettably, and would 100% chose somewhere i could walk in if there's a next time.
case in point - just found out the land registry stuff has been updated thanks to rightmove, no word from the solicitors about it. paid the £3 to double-check our names were indeed on it..!