Andre was extremely difficult to work with, he kept stalling me telling me how much work he had and then breaking commitment after commitment.
He agreed to transfer a property that I purchased for the end of the following month. The real estate agent sent him all of the papers and he confirmed they were received in good order and that he would finish the project by the end of the following month. But when I followed up weeks later after seeing no progress, he informed me that he would not be able to complete the transfer in time and that I would need to get an extension, THIS WAS NOT AN OPTION!
He was already working on transferring 2 other properties from a partner I bought out and finally he informed me that it was finished and that I could bring him a check for is fees plus $7,780 for the Land transfer taxes. I was confused they were so expensive and he confirmed that that was the cost and that I needed to bring a certified check. Although the amount was very high I was over the barrel so I had to bring him the check without question. Much to my confusion when I approached the bank to get the loan from the properties he never completed the task after he said it was completed. I kept asking when he would get it done but he just kept saying “I will get it done when he gets done”
So, finally I had to hire another lawyer to prove that his work was not completed and that he had overcharged me almost $5,000. His work was totally incompetent and he actually ended up with refunding me $4,720 of the $7,780 that he charged me more than double what the land transfer tax is really were..
So in closing, if you do have to deal with this lawyer I recommend that you have his work double checked as in my case his charges were exaggerated beyond imagination. Also I recommend that you don't have any important deadlines hanging on the transactions because In my opinion, he seems to have no concern about keeping his commitments.