R A W Clark LLP - Gateshead

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I doubt this absolute joke of a Solicitors cares about one star reviews because they have plenty and haven't gotten any better. The reason they are recommended by Purplebricks is because of the huge kickback they get from them.

Look at the countless terrible reviews and make your own mind up, ignoring the faked 5 star happy customers.

They have managed to take 7 months and counting for a simple freehold purchase by being impossible to contact, lazy and unable to do basic tasks I'd expect a 12 year old to be able to do. Avoid them and avoid any Purplebricks recommended solicitors. If you don't and it goes down the pan don't say you weren't warned.

Tom Bishop

My poor review seems to have got removed. So adding another one in.

Avoid at all costs. Awful service provided by this company. My estate agent recommended them badged as MELIA MUMFORD solicitors. It is essentially the same company as RAW CLARK LLP. Wish I had done my due diligence before following the estate agents advice. Truly awful from start to finish.

Susie Watson

Kate Lynch and her team were brilliant from start to finish and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending them for conveyancing services. Fast responses, always friendly, with great attention to detail, I felt they really cared and that I was always in safe and very experienced hands. Thank you so much Kate, Sophie and Nikki, I am forever grateful to you for your professionalism and for taking the stress away at every step of the process.

Deleen Whitaker

Thank you for your professionalism and effective communication in liaising with the other parties on our behalf. Because of your service the property was sold within 3 months. All your personnel handled the matter with respect and consideration. We would definitely recommend RAW Clark LLP to others. Thank you.

Natasha Mclaughlin

After a not so good experience when selling our house with another firm RAW Clark were a dream! Keeping us updated and always contactable when needed can’t believe how quickly our purchase has went through! Will not hesitate to use again thank you so much!

Jasmine Worsley

Abysmal service from start to finish. Don’t let these cowboys ruin your purchase too. Unfortunately Raw Clark came recommended to the venders from William H Brown, however the service we the buyers & the venders have received on their behalf has been atrocious.

It should of been a straight forward sale, we where first time buyers with no chain moving into a property that the vender was selling so she could move into assisted living. The seller already had accommodation sorted before we viewed the property. We saw it on the 28th of February and put an offer in on the same day that was accepted. A couple of weeks later solictors where instructed.

Fast forward to July and 5 months had now passed with no update. We had 13 outstanding enquires that where brought to their attention on the 1st of April and an addition 5 from May. Baring in mind this was now July, they hadn’t even looked at our files. Our solicitors now had to instruct the venders to pay indemnity insurance as RAW Clark still hadn’t got back to us regarding an outstanding enquiry which was brought to their attention in May. Can you imagine been that incompetent you have to make your own client pay indemnity insurance so you don’t have to do the work that you was instructed for? With just 8 weeks left before our mortgage offer expired they continually ignored the emails from William H Browns email explaining our anger and frustration.

It was now the 11th of august and it was brought to our attention that a management pack was required for the sellers onwards purchase, when I rung my solictors they told me this should of been done months ago. Alan Tulip the c.e.o of RAW Clark then promised us we would have a moving date by Friday the 20th, which we didn’t and we never heard back from him again.

On Tuesday the 31st of august we was informed we would be exchanging on Friday the 3rd of September. By Wednesday the 1st of September we was told that we are no longer moving as Raw Clark are awaiting a signed transfer from the sellers, even though a few hours earlier we had paid our deposit and was in the process of sorting home insurance. When I spoke to the sellers regarding this, they wasn’t even aware they was suppose to be moving on Friday and hadn’t been told by the solictors. So the 3rd comes and after telling us we’re not moving they expected us to still be moving. I know, right? They told our solicitors that we’re not moving, but William H Brown that we are moving, told us that we’re not moving and the sellers didn’t even know that we was moving. I mean, does that even make sense to read?

We finally completed on the 10th of September. This straight forward sale took nearly 7 months to complete.

The lack of communication throughout was piss-poor, we was constantly ringing our solictors and William H Brown who couldn’t get through to them. At one point we had the venders, our mortgage broker, William H Brown and our own solictors trying to contact them, we all received the same generic response from the receptionist “someone will ring you back” which they never did or they simply wouldn’t answer. We had very little response to emails either. For 4 months we was waiting for outstanding enquires that they never bothered to look at. They then turned around at the end of July and said that they never received the venders original documents regarding the sale, which then meant the sellers had to re-do them and send them off again.

Buying your first home is suppose to be one of the most exciting purchases you can make but thanks to Raw Clark they made it the worst, most stressful experience in my entire life. If you want to be done raw, these are the solicitors for you.

gabby the Tabby

thorough, responsive and supportive service in support of my recent house purchase. Although sometimes difficult to reach by phone, the email response rate was really good. really appreciative of getting everything through on time and handling the various transactions without obstruction. Thank you!

emilly hughes

The Team at Raw Clark were extremely helpful with the purchase of my new home. I would recommend them, my purchase experience was smooth and stress free. Their costs were also quite reasonable.