Gordons Property Lawyers

I used Gordons Property Lawyers for a simple remortgage on a recommendation from my mortgage broker. Their initial quotes seemed very good and I decided to go with them over a high street lawyer I had good experiences with previously simply because their price was so low — I soon realised this was a big mistake. Gordons are a large call centre operation and you are assigned a «fee earner» who is your point of contact. Mine was difficult to get hold of and seemed to have little legal knowledge. I spent countless hours chasing things up over a 3 month period for what should have been a simple transaction. Throughout the process it was impossible to get an accurate quote of what my final fees were going to be, until they had been charged from my completion funds without notice or my approval. The final fee was over four times their initial quote and significantly more than my high street lawyer had honestly quoted me. To add insult to injury they had charged a large «referral» fee as a disbursement which goes against Law Society guidelines and common sense!