I'd be really grateful for any advice. I have a thread already on this board, by this is a new issue, it's not decluttering or anything similar, it's conveyancing solicitors.
I'm buying a leasehold flat (please don't come on saying don't buy leasehold, it's almost impossible to find freehold in my city), I was originally going to use my estate agents solicitors but they pulled out when they heard the building was subject to BSA Regs. I asked around and all I got form estate agents was "ooh no solicitors will touch anything over 3 storeys now", so I had to cast my net further afield. I did a search on Google and found MUVE. They promised good things, they were way cheaper than others so I went with them. I'm three weeks in. Today I read a review on trust pilot that effectively said "don't trust them with a barge pole if you're buying leasehold, they took over a year to complete ours" that was published today on trust-pilot. All their other reviews are glowing, but they have a feel of ai, I'm not saying they are AI, but they are remarkably similar and all glowing. Then a friend told me about an article in the times at the weekend about offshore conveyancing firms, find for straightforward moves, by cannot handle leasehold.
I have set my heart on the place I'm trying to buy. The seller wants a quick sale and I want a quick move. I'm mortgage free. But all my money is I. My home including lawyers fees.
I'm about to drop my hours down at work on the basis that I'm moving and releasing some equity.
I have lost confidence in MUVE, I'm really worried that they'll cock it up or drag it out so long that my buyers or seller give up on me.
Should I cut my losses, avoid the sunk cost fallacy and get local solicitors who know what they are doing (and risk setting everything back three weeks) or carry on with MUVE?
My savings are depleted after upfronting £1500 to move for case opening etc (and redecorating prior to putting the house on the market etc). I'm 62, suffering with chronic back pain, I'm moving because I cannot cope with my house after 30 years, it's time to let a new family live the garden and the community and for me to move to a more manageable place.
Should I continue with MUVE? Or cut my losses now and start again, I know it means going back to the start with searches and enquiries etc, but if it means I'm with a firm I'm not on tenterhooks with ... have I answered my own question? I have not bought or sold property for 30 years, I feel like a rabbit in headlights or a kid chucked into 6th form at age 7. I need good advice and I don't know where to go to get it.
TLDR: would I not use MUVE because of crap reviews on leasehold property and switch solicitors for the third time?