Buying a House...(Rant)

Daughter and Husband are buying their first house. They've engaged a Solicitor etc and have just received the "draft contract and supporting papers" (about 50 pages of utter garbage). However, on the covering letter from the Solicitors is:
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Isn't that what the Soliciters are meant to be doing? Their charges are £160 + VAT per hour and £35 + VAT per letter. I guess if we ask them to clarify it will result in a couple or three letters and at least an hours work
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I see why you're mad Doogle - I think Solicitors do so lttle for their money and do it so slowly and so badly.
But in this case I think it's a standard thing. After all the Solicitor does not know what the seller pointed out to you as the extent of the property. It is up to the buyer to check that what is outlined on the land registry is what the seller said he was selling.