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Help with choosing a solicitor?

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  • 16-07-2019 10:51pm
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    FrankC21
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    We are interested in getting a new house up in Drogheda we already secured the house for 5k and now we are looking for a solicitor, the agent suggested that we should get a solicitor within drogheda but I am not sure about that. I live in Dun laoghaire at the moment and I am wondering who or where should I contact, we contacted one in dun laoghaire and she gave us a quote of €2k + vat.
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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    <SNIP> are great and I can say we're one of the best quotes I got.


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    Juwwi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,244 ✭✭✭Juwwi


    what did the €2k + vat cover ?


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Get recommendations and don't go with the cheapest quote.


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    ikayp
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭ikayp


    Hello there! In the same boat with OP, if anyone has any recommendations for drogheda based solicitor and surveyor kindly PM me please, and any thoughts on an tsean mhargadh apartments? Thank you!



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    SupaCat95
    Registered Users Posts: 548 ✭✭✭SupaCat95


    My advice is are you a member of a social club/team/organisation? These are great places to network for professional services or to network.

    Solicitors and other professions use these clubs to find clients too. Also they tend not to poop in the same pools that they fish in.



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    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    Where solicitors are does not matter....i know people selecting wexford solicitors for dublin properties



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    Dublinandy3
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    As previously said get recommendations. The solicitor we had was a nightmare and added a lot to the overall stress levels.

    We ignored the get recommendations advice and I regretted it constantly.



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    Citygirl1
    Registered Users Posts: 297 ✭✭Citygirl1


    100% get recommendations. I would go further, and check if you know anyone who had a particularly challenging purchase/sale, due to legal issues (eg. Problems with title, land registry, access, etc), or other challenges, such as a poor solicitor on the other side. Ask how effectively their solicitor dealt with the situation. Also, reasonably good communication is important. If someone has dealt with the same solicitor over an extended period of time, that's a good sign also. Remember, mistakes made at time of purchase, may not become apparent until you go to sell the property. generally years later.



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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,713 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Recommendations by PM only



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