Tait Macleod, Solicitors

Avoid this company like the plague. I don't make a habit of giving bad reviews but Mr Tait was so bad to deal with I feel I should warn you. Several phones calls, several emails. No reply. Took 3 months to send a written offer on the house I was buying. Thank goodness for the lovely receptionist/secretary who passed me onto Eileen who was much better. Moving house is stressful enough, I had a heavily pregnant wife and needed things to be much smoother than they were. They are cheap for a reason. Bite off more than they can chew. Pay the extra £200-300 for someone better when moving house. You won't regret it.

Fraser Comrie-Bryant is such a credit to the firm. He made the process of selling our flat and purchasing a house as stress free as it could possibly be. When Fraser was furloughed and we were passed to another solicitor communication was awful however as soon as he was back in office he was always there to answer our questions and calm our nerves. Thank you so much!

Tait Macleod dealt with the buying of our first house and the service we received was excellent.We have also been in touch to ask for advice on other matters and were given a quick and sound response.The reception staff are very friendly and approachable.All round great service.

Tait Macleod was commissioned to carry out a transfer of titles for which I was told would only take a 3-4 weeks by Fraser (younger one). As communicated to Fraser this was ideal given the time critical factor i faced. 5 weeks had passed so I decided to prompt them for a status update. To my disbelief I was told that they hadn't even started the process due to having a backlog which is understandable given the current climate. I was then told that Fraser would start the process on the Monday the following week. 9 weeks had elapsed in total so I decided to follow up and again to my amazement the paperwork still hadn't been submitted. I was then given a similar excuse to the first. At this point I then advised them to have my paperwork ready for collection that afternoon. When I visited the premises to collect my paperwork I immediately noticed my envelope containing my titles deeds and supporting paperwork with my full name on show for everyone to see. I then asked to collect my paperwork to which I was given the envelope described in the above without any challenge for identification. I then asked for an explanation as to why the process hadn't started to which the response was I do not know. I also believe that the true total costs were not communicated as I have been in talks with several solicitors who all seem to have the same costs involved for that service. Normally I wouldn't have bothered as I'm quite an easy ozzie person but on this occasion were the transfer of titles was time critical I felt that more could have been done to facilitate my requirements i.e. better communication with regular updates.

Had the misfortune of being recommended this firm and decided to use them to handle my divorce.Huge mistake.Mr Tait provided a thoroughly shocking service representing me. I won’t bore with specifics but some highlights are:Failed to turn up to court once and failed to be prepared a second time resulting in the sheriff awarding damages against me - which his firm absorbed as it was their fault. Or so they said, the final bill breakdown was so flimsy I suspect he just charged me extras elsewhere to cover this.Money (a huge amount) paid to him to be sent to another Falkirk firm took SIX WEEKS and many threats to finally be transferred. This should have taken less than 48 hours.Final bill double original estimate.His representation was so shoddy I looked at taking them to to Ombudsman, and a solicitor agreed I had a case but in the end decided it was too much stress.I wish I’d looked at google reviews first, the service was horrific and cost me a fortune as well as a lot of stress. They are slow, terrible communicators and the office practices are stuck in the past.Lesley Anderson Law was the solicitor for the other side and seemed to do a formidable job.But in all honesty I’d recommend the ambulance chasing lawyer from The Simpsons over Mr Tait.

Shocking service. No one answers calls or emails when property transactions are proceeding. 3 vans and a team of removal workers waiting for over 2 hours.

I received and excellent service from start to finish, the whole team pulled together to complete my requirements at very short notice. I wouldn't hesitate in using their services again and would highly recommend Fraser to anyone.

Elaine has been amazing throughout our whole house move - handling issues before we even knew about them! She's got a great, friendly approach and was always happy to explain everything in detail for us. She's seen us and a family member through 3 house sales and purchases over the last 7 years or so and I can't fault the service we've received. I'd happily use Tait Macleod again.

Fraser Comrie-Bryant at Tait Macleod came highly recommended to us from family and freinds, having recently purchased my first home with him I would echo the sentiment fully.The advice, guidance and professionalism provided were second to none throughout the entire process, attention to detail was excellent, immediately picking up on a lender error that could have resulted in a disaster on move-in day.Many thanks to Fraser and the team!

Very professional for me and i can't thank Fraser and the team enough for going that extra mile to help me get my property with no hassle. The guys are very approachable and non intimidating. They got me everything i needed before the move in date and saved me money.Top service and would recommend the guys to anyone.