Fosters acted for me recently on the sale of my rental property and I was really pleased with the service throughout. Communication was clear and timely, the process was handled efficiently, and I felt well supported from start to finish. A professional and reliable team who made what can be a stressful process feel straightforward. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again and would certainly recommend to others.
Damilola Kuforiji★☆☆☆☆
I rarely leave reviews, but I feel compelled to warn others about my experience with Foster Solicitors Lowestoft. Buying a house is stressful enough without having to constantly chase your solicitor for updates, answers, or basic competence.
Throughout the entire process, communication was abysmal. Emails went unanswered for days, and I was often left completely in the dark about the status of my purchase. When I did manage to get through, responses were vague, dismissive, or contradictory.
To make matters worse, their attitude was unapologetic and unprofessional. I didn’t feel like a valued client; I felt like an inconvenience.
After months of delays and wasted time, Foster Solicitors Lowestoft decided they no longer wanted to proceed with my case. They failed to provide any specific reason for this decision, only referencing vague concerns about meeting their money laundering policy. This was especially confusing and upsetting given that the person who referred us to them was in the exact same financial and personal position as us, yet faced no such issues. The inconsistency and lack of transparency raise serious concerns about discriminatory treatment.
I would strongly advise anyone considering Foster Solicitors Lowestoft to look elsewhere. Buying a property is too important to entrust to a solicitor who can’t manage even the basics or treat clients with fairness and respect.
Thank you for your response.
With respect, I find your explanation unsatisfactory. If my application did not meet your AML requirements, that should have been identified and communicated from the outset — not nearly two months later, after repeated delays, ignored emails, and ongoing uncertainty. It is unacceptable to proceed with a client matter without first confirming they meet your basic compliance thresholds.
Even when you ultimately decided not to proceed, no one from your firm explained what part of my application was lacking or gave me an opportunity to resolve it. I was left completely in the dark. Thankfully, I found another solicitor who clearly explained the issue and guided me on how to address it — something Foster failed to do at any point.
To make matters worse, when I called to request an update on my searches, the staff member I spoke to was dismissive and rude, telling me that I was “not a priority at the moment.” That level of attitude and disregard is entirely unprofessional and added unnecessary stress to an already difficult process.
The overall lack of communication, respect, and transparency from your firm has been extremely disappointing.
Cameron Saunders★★★★★
Fosters Solicitors are a great firm, the family department have been fantastic and have helped me get contact with my son, they always get back to you within a reasonable amount of time if you have any questions or worries and handle your case with professionalism. Thank you!!
James Hick★☆☆☆☆
Fosters are acting on behalf of our buyers. They are very slow and have made the whole process much more stressful by their poor and tardy communication with our solicitors.
We are still waiting on an exchange (and completion) date even though they have had responses to the buyers queries for over two weeks.
When pushed by our estate agent they simply quoted their internal target timescales and showed no urgency or empathy for the families involved in this protracted debacle.
Updated 13/06/25. Almost four weeks since your response and after having received responses to the latest buyer's queries on 26/05/25 it seems that progress has stalled again.
By your calculations you will be above the national average next week.
Keith Cruickshank★★★★★
Fosters in Lowestoft worked their socks off helping us to purchase our forever home. The whole process took a considerable amount of time due to many complications along the way. They kept me updated just about every day for the final month or so before we eventually completed. Thank you all in Lowestoft for all your hard work in helping us to make our dream come true. Many, many thanks from Keith and Carol
Noelia Caraballo★★★★★
Brilliant service, constantly one step ahead of the game and making our experience a great one. We had a difficult buyer but Fosters helped making the process smooth and fast. we Would definitely recommend!
harry thegreek★★★★★
You guys made something that was extremely stressful very straight forward and dealt with everything in a timely manner and your team was always very approachable with any questions or concerns all around a fantastic service I have zero complaints
John Barnard★☆☆☆☆
Very poor service, slow and sluggish resulting in no exchange of property taken place. Our exchange fell through some months ago now and I still feel very angry about it. I wouldn't recommend fosters to anyone. Extremely frustrating having to chase up on progress daily. I am that confident in saying if I had used any other solicitors my family would have moved into our dream home. Avoid avoid avoid this service, ask around about them, you will soon discover they have a bad reputation.
Rae Kibart★★★★★
had no issues, smooth easy transaction, excellent communication
Georgina Dennison★☆☆☆☆
I would not recommend using these solicitors for property sales. We have heard nothing from them apart from when they lost our paperwork which I had hand delivered into the receptionist. The second lot of paperwork I took I wanted to had to someone but was told the administrator was on holiday and the girl the other side of the door could not accept my papers but I had to post them through the post box.
On calling yesterday their excuse for holing up the chain was that they had holidays, people had been pinged and they where short staffed - all not my problem. Am ringing back on Monday and if nothing has moved we are going to move to a competent solicitor.
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