Any advice now I can’t do DIY conveyancing anymore?

Nothing to do with being greedy. I have for 50+ years done my own conveyancing. The law allows you to do this.

I first started when solicitors fees were 1% for selling and 2% for buying and equated to fully carpeting and curtaining the property being purchased. Also I did a more thorough job than most solicitors - all this before getting a first LLB(Hons) in 2011.

Yes I've had to argue the toss with solicitors, some who don't even know of the existence of HMLR ID forms for non-conveyancers.
Many do not know that the prohibitions under s14-16 LSA 2007 do not apply if you are the Vendor, or Purchaser without mortgage, and also are exempt if an individual who carries on the activity otherwise than for, or in expectation of, any fee, gain or reward. (Schedule 3 s3(10) ).

Some mortgage lenders have snuck in to the Mortgage Lenders handbook that they will not entertain Vendors doing their own conveyancing. Yet are quite happy to allow incompetent conveyancing companies to remain on their panels.

Last sale I came up against this at literally the 11th hour. Purchasers conveyancers hadn't realised that their lender client had a T&C that precluded a vendor acting for themselves. Wouldn't have minded but I had done all the work including the lease extension and submitted the completion statement. Even had to explain to their conveyancer what ID3 and ID2 were!

Try suetaylor@wspsolicitors.com PM me if you you need my name as reference

I too, did all my own conveyancing for several years. I was super efficient and spent most of my time correcting the seller's/buyers conveyancer's errors, which annoyed them even more. They prefer the old pals act where the clients don't even realize what is going on or why the delays occur.

The ID1 forms verification is becoming more and more difficult to have verified or solicitor's chance their arm and request a totally immoral fee for doing so. Then you get the closed shop operation to keep us out of the way so that ridiculous fees can be charged for the work involved. This is possibly to make enough money to meet their Professional Indemnity cover premiums,because of the extent of conveyancers claims records. Not once did any solicitor have any reason to complain of any errors or delays created by me.

Fortunately I stumbled across a superb, old school, caring and well read solicitor, who has very fair fees as I have been able to feed him a lot of Freehold Reversion transfers where he is able to charge normal fees. He trusts me and I trust him but this business relationship occurred quite by chance. The need for continual ID1 forms is stupid. HMRC can easily link to HM Land Registry and provide identity verification through the HMRC income tax assessment portal which is linked to DVLA. With such a link the buyer/seller identity can be easily verified which would eliminate one obstacle.

Solicitors/Conveyancers should be prevented from obstructing Landlords from carrying out work that they are legally entitled to do, or fined accordingly.

I am just doing my first conveyancing for myself and have come up against a real stumbling block. THE HMRC have run out of SDLT1 forms!!
I applied for the forms which aren't available online on 27th Feb and am still waiting. It is now well out of the 2 week time limit before being fined for late payment. I phoned the stationary office only to be told by a somewhat weary chap that they were waiting for the forms from the printers and didn't know when they would come because the printers were not replying to them! I then spent 40 minutes in a phone queue to the Tax office only to be told that there were a lot of people ringing them about this and all I could do would be to write a letter to appeal about any fine that might be levied on me.