Did you thank/ buy a gifts when moving house for your estate agents/ solicitors etc?

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Hello, We are hopefully completing on a house tomorrow.

Increasingly im seeing examples of people giving people involved in their house sale some form of thank you gift

Is this the norm? Will our estate agent/ solicitor/ mortgage broker feel we are terribly ungrateful if we just pay them as normal?

We had our solicitor and his wife round for dinner but they were friends otherwise no.

No. Didn't even occur to me.

I don't think it's normal. I've only once bought my solicitor a bottle of champagne, but that was because she went above and beyond to complete on time.

I think I might have sent a thank you card...but she was particularly helpful during the process. If she hadn't been so helpful then, no it wouldn't have occurred to me.

Estate agent - No, they were crap so was annoyed enough at paying for their appalling service never mind a tip.

conveyancer - I think it was a £50 voucher as they weren’t allowed to receive cash but were allowed vouchers & gifts.

No, but I barely saw them (?) so it wasn't in any way a relationship (?)

No, their gift is the fee I've paid them to do the service I required....

Absolute madness. To quote Don Draper, that’s what the money is for.

Oh and the mortgage broker got Prosecco and posh chocolates as she worked wonders and got us an amazing deal. Literally helped us change our lives massively.

Barmy idea. What next? A gift for the builder or plumber?

No! That's what we paid crazy money for!

We did however buy the new owners a card and bottle of fizzy to welcome them to their new home.

No that's really weird. Maybe a card if they have gone particularly above and beyond.

No.

I’m paying them thousands of pounds. That’s plenty!

Christ, no. By the end they had more of my money in their accounts than I did, I consider that a pretty big thank you.

We got our solicitor and mortgage broker a card - they were both very good and efficient, which helped

I’m a solicitor (though not conveyancing). I really don’t expect presents from clients! A thank you email is nice as is paying the fee on time but that’s all!

No! They haven't done you a favour, they've provided a service and charged for it.
How weird.

Do you buy your dentist a thank you gift?

I am a property lawyer - it does happen, but very rarely. But it's really nice when it does (and it's always unexpected).

I occasionally get chocolates (shared with rest of the office), wine (not shared!) and flowers (which go in a vase in my office)

No, they are just doing their job. I guess I would consider it if it was a stressful move and they went above and beyond to get things done.

I've had wine, biscuits but mostly flowers. Always a complete surprise. I have kept every thank you card I ever received.

Honestly, it is appreciated so much if you think they have done a good job. If just average job I wouldn't bother but anything more then I would.

Used to work for a conveyancing solicitor. Some of our clients might've sent thank you cards but generally no, a bit weird to give a gift.

One client after we'd helped him get a new lease on a restaurant with a complimentary drinks license (think that's the word) - he was so grateful we'd got this done that he dropped around a few bottles of lovely red wine (was at Christmas). He wasn't English, not that that makes a difference, but sometimes our foreign clients were pleased we'd made an effort and some of them were more polite (which pleased my boss!).

I moved house in two stages: sold, then rented for a few months, then bought. My first solicitor when I sold, I gave a five star rating and a detailed write up saying how good he was. If I'd still been in the same area I would have dropped in a bottle of wine for him.

My solicitor when I bought was efficient but patronising. She made it clear she thought I was being unreasonable to expect completion in three months on a chain-free cash purchase and was rude to me in a very polite way. I thanked her sincerely for her help, but that was it.

No.

We hardly saw out agent, they got enough money from us and did the bare minimum.

We did however get our mortgage broker a thank you card as he was really great.

I gave the electrician a bottle of wine as he was so helpful. Went well beyond what was paid for.