Hiring a solicitor is one of the first things you will do when selling your property. They provide a vital service and like estate agents are an integral cog in the property selling machine. The truth is though that you don’t actually have to use a traditional high street estate agent.

If you want to save a few thousand pounds you can try giving the marketing of your property to one of the cheap online estate agents who will stick it on Rightmove and Zoopla for a few hundred pounds and you can do the rest yourself (viewings, negotiation etc.) Read more »