Silence Not Golden
I recently overheard the following conversation between another solicitor and another guest while at a friend's house for dinner.
Other guest: 'Tell me about these home information packs.'
Solicitor: 'Well, a lot of intermediaries - the people who supply the contents for the packs - are going to make a lot of money out of them.'
OG: 'What about you?'
Solicitor: 'We have a team of 30 conveyancers and our suppliers will be expecting us to charge clients more for the additional work.'
OG: 'So its going to cost more to sell your home?'
Solicitor: 'Yes.'
OG: 'But will it speed up the process?'
Solicitor: 'No.'
A brief period of some silence followed.
Russell Graham, Zermansky & Partners, Leeds
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