EDC Lord & Co

I was searching for solicitors who can help with convenyancing on a new property. I found EDC Lord & Co, I received professional, efficient service from the start no delays of any sort. Jasmine Vyas heads up the conveyancing team, Kelly Tucker, Amanda Middleton are also part of the same team, speak to any of the team members and you will receive nothing but excellent service. In my case I had Kelly working on my file alongside Jasmine just fantastic. Highly Recommended!
Mitesh

EDC come recommend by my estate agent & also an Estate agent friend confirmed they’re a recognised company so my choice wasn’t made on price ( they’re were many that were cheaper) but foolish I was under the illusion if they’d been recommended by my estate agent they’ve probably worked together in the past and things would run smoothly. At the start all seemed well, we completed forms provided by EDC & returned them straight away, the problems started when actually trying to speak to someone ( this was pre lockdown). A few weeks into the process we had lost our buyer so I called them to explain the situation and was abruptly told by reception they do not take messages and I should speak to my solicitors assistant, no problem I think, call is transferred to an answer phone & I leave the message. A few days later I receive a letter from EDC in relation to the sale as if it were still going ahead, I then reply to a previous email from them explaining we longer have a buyer & I don’t want them to continue working at my expense & make a call to explain it again, same problem as before. By the close of business that day no one has responded to an email or called me back. The following day I call first thing & this time I’m told everyone is in a meeting & they’ll call me back. Two working days later I get my estate agent to call up on my behalf & later that day I get a call back from my solicitors assistant, I ask why it’s taken so long to respond & I’m told in a very condescending way that they have no reason to contact me as there’s nothing to update me on. It’s at this point I realise moving forward with this company wouldn’t be a very smart decision, I finally speak to the solicitor dealing with my case & she appears to be helpful, she’s apologetic & offers me a direct line but I thought best to cut my ties and change to a different company. EDC refunded me what I had paid them but I’m so glad I didn’t continue to use them for the sale of my house and the purchase of my new property, there were a few complications along the way & communication is vital in this situation so I can’t imagine how frustrating it would have been using a company like this.

We have just completed the sale of our flat and purchase of our house through EDC Lord, and we are exceptionally fortunate we had the team of Jasmine Vyas (Lead Conveyancer) and Kelly Slater (PA to Jasmine). Jasmine and her team came highly recommend from a family friend and we were extremely fortunate to have been able to use them. Notwithstanding Jasmine’s extremely high professionalism and legal diligence, she took a genuine interest in our families life and needs, and always had our best interest at heart. The sale and purchase came during the extremely challenging COVID era, and we cannot thank Jasmine and her team enough for persevering in keeping the deal alive and moving. I highly recommend using EDC Lord when selling/buying a property, and make sure you ask for Jasmine and her team!

Thank you so much for helping me buy my first property - even during the lockdown!. I had no idea what to expect, but I was kept in the loop and could ask a question when we needed.

I used EDC to purchase a buy to let property. My lawyer went beyond the call of duty and recommended a fantastic mortgage broker who was able to find me a great deal on the mortgage. The whole process was smooth and very professional.

This is not my first time buying property as I ‘buy to let’ properties around London. I have used other lawyers before and this by far was the best and most cost effective experience.

I am shocked at the bad reviews below. When I look closely, it seems the same person with personal vendetta has posted several bad reviews using different names. EDC don’t deserve that. I will certainly use them again and have already recommended friends to EDC.

We used EDC Lord for our sale and purchase Last month and were very impressed by the professional and courteous service received. Mid range fees but great communication all through. Would recommend them without hesitation.

Would not recommend them or use them again. We had a very straight forward purchase but EDC Lord made it so much harder. Reaching the solicitor was next to impossible, even a simple question would be left unanswered or if we were lucky we would get an answer from one of the assistants days later. Most communication would be via post and everything took so much longer than it needed to. We would almost always get information from the seller and the sellers solicitor before we heard from them! They will also add fees where they can, for example if you want a reasonably fast completion date after exchange that will cost you extra. We were so disappointed as we chose them based on a lot of good reviews on other websites, perhaps we got unlucky with the appointed solicitor but we really did not feel like they were on our side at all which was the worst thing about it and extremely stressful. Even for simple things we would find ourselves calling the lender etc, it just took too long to wait for EDC to do anything. Would not recommend, just avoid the stress and pick someone else. If you have all the time in the world, they will get the job done though and there were no mistakes that we know of.