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How David Barney & Co Compares

Value for money

This firm - 96%
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Poor Competitive Excellent

Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of David Barney & Co on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using David Barney & Co. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 1%
Overpriced 1%
About Right 97%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used David Barney & Co and have had a satisfactory experience where they have indicated that they would recommend the services of the law firm to their friends and family.

You can use this data to see how David Barney & Co performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 98%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used David Barney & Co and were satisfied with the outcome of their matter. Being satisfied with the outcome of your matter is an important consideration to have in mind.

You can use this data to see how David Barney & Co compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

If you would like to read more about how we work with our review data please see our Transparency section.

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that David Barney & Co offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

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Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    456
  • Very Good

    27
  • Average

    3
  • Poor

    1
  • Awful

    7

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Patricia

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Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Patricia

January 20, 2025

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Great service

Had a difficult sale that took ages to complete. Beverly was great dealing with all that. Kept us informed throughout and She was always available to answer any questions. Can’t thank her enough.

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Catherine

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Catherine

January 17, 2025

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Sale of our house

Beverly and all her team have been brilliant from the beginning to today's completion. They all worked really hard together to make this happen extremely fast (a month between Beverly's quote and completion) and smoothly. They always had our best interrest at heart and were always available for advice. If someone in the team was not sure about something, they would always doublecheck with another member before giving us an answer and from the very beginning we felt that we were in the hands of very competent people. Beverly and her team are the best, I will definitely use them again.

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Phillippa

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Residential Conveyancing

Phillippa

January 14, 2025

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Thorough and very supportive.

Beverly is fabulous as is everyone we had contact with at David Barney. We would award 10* if we could.

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Lynda Dovey

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Residential Conveyancing

Lynda Dovey

January 10, 2025

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Selling my parents home

My sister and I needed to sell our parents home following them having to move into a care home, and chose Mark Feely was very highly recommended by a family member.
We had a difficult journey with buyers and buyers solicitors. Mark was amazing and dealt with everything, and rather than playing pass the email back and forth, he talked to people and resolved the endless issues as they arose.
He took time to ask as to how our parents were doing and could not have been more kind and supportive to us at this very difficult time. We wish we could give more than five stars.

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Sandra Thompson

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Residential Conveyancing

Sandra Thompson

January 09, 2025

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Mark is the best of the best

Mark Feely is simply the best of the best conveyancing solicitor.
Over the last 20 years, Mark has helped me on multiple sales and purchases .
I’m always confident to recommend him to friends, family and clients and the feedback I have had over all these years from everyone has been nothing but the highest praise for Mark and his team.
I would never think of using any other solicitor and I cannot recommended him highly enough .
He has the best ‘can do’ attitude and finds solutions for complex issues .
Our estate agent kept commenting to me how fantastic he is and that they wished more solicitors could be more like him .
I have the highest praise for Mark and his team .. Thank you yet again for everything you have done to get my sale completed

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Pippa Frost

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Residential Conveyancing

Pippa Frost

January 09, 2025

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Purchase of our new house

Mark Feeley and his team are exceptional. We had not moved for 28 years and were more than a little daunted by aspects of the process. When we hit a legal problem around the local council sign off for planning permission conditions, Mark gave us sound advice and helped to ensure that this was obtained despite the reluctance of the vendor to do so. If we could award 10* we would.

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Pippa Frost

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Residential Conveyancing

Pippa Frost

January 09, 2025

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Sale of our house

Beverly and the rest of team are fantastic. They handled our sale with professionalism throughout. We had not moved for 28 years and Beverly supported us exceptionally well.

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Joanna

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Residential Conveyancing

Joanna

January 07, 2025

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Five stars

Nice to still see an old school approach to business which appears to be missing within a lot of companies these days. Rather than hiding behind emails and ignoring calls, David Barney and Co always called with updates and Lauren Jarmain-Chew had the right drive and approach to push our house sale through. Very professional and would certainly use again and recommend. Thankful for all your efforts in pushing our house sale through before Christmas.
(Joanna & Matthew, Letchmore Road)

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Richard

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Residential Conveyancing

Richard

January 03, 2025

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House Sale

Very pleased with service
Would thoroughly recommend

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Julie

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Residential Conveyancing

Julie

January 01, 2025

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Conveyance review

Beverley worked for us on the sale of my late mums house.
Beverley gives a very professional service. Always keeping you updated on what was happening on each stage of the house sale. Would recommend to anyone. In fact my son is using Beverley to work for him on the sale of his house.

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Kieran

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Kieran

January 16, 2025

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Kieran

Bought and sold via David Barney. Amazing service throughout, Mark and Beverly were my main point of contacts and were incredibly helpful. Will certainly use again in for any future moves.

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DAVE

December 29, 2024

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DAVE

Very professional
Helpfull staff and very promt in replying to ones questions

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Purchase and Sale

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December 17, 2024

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A client

Absolutely fantastic conveyancing services from Beverly Davison and team at David Barney. I can't recommend them highly enough. Excellent communication, great prices and fantastic experience overall.

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Louis

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Purchase and Sale

Louis

October 17, 2024

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Louis

We recently purchased our first home. Mark and the team were brilliant, we had a lot of questions and they were so helpful. They made a stressful process a lot easier. Mark was supportive and gave us all the guidance we needed and we are grateful to Sam who was so helpful throughout. Would highly recommend!

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Jonathon

Jonathon

August 20, 2024

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Jonathon

Really happy with the services we received by Mark and his great team; personable, quick communication, good amount of detail

Additionally they were exceptionally well priced, especially in comparison to other local firms

Will definitely use DB&C in the future

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We have been present as solicitors in Stevenage advising individuals and companies for over 40 years. Today we do this for clients with interests around the world. We like to believe we are a ‘family firm’, by that we mean a firm that is dedicated to meeting the needs of your family. Our priority is to build a long-term relationship with you, assisting you with buying your first home right through to preparing your wills and supporting your loved-ones when it is time to administer your estate. As a result of this approach we act for clients who have long since left the Stevenage area but still consider us to be their family solicitor. Some may consider this approach old-fashioned or out-dated. We believe by taking this holistic approach to your needs we offer you advice and assistance of the highest standards that you can trust in. By earning your trust, we earn your loyalty, a precious commodity in today’s world, so thank you again for visiting David Barney & Co Solicitors and putting your trust in us! This site shows you how we can help and who to call but, if you’re not sure exactly who to speak to, then ring our receptionists and they will be happy to assist

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Personal areas of law

  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Child Law
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Family law
    • Social Services
  • Housing & Property
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Leasehold properties
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Wills
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