Barristers of Ohio Title & Escrow Services

Barristers did absolutely nothing proactively and then tried to lay blame with everyone else involved. I recently purchased a house before selling my old one and I know how title is supposed to go. This company never phoned, never returned calls or texts to either me or my realtor, and emails were one word "yes" or "no" replies, when both detail and explanation were needed. If you have any choice for a title company, pick anyone else.

The business representative was very professional with a sense of humor. She was nice and punctual. We were impressed with her punctuality. We were very happy with the services provided. They made the transition of buying our first home easy and pleasant. This is a business we would definitely use in the future. Very satisfied customers.

Barristers of Ohio handled the closing escrow and title work on a recent transaction. I did contact my Agent regarding the reviews I saw on Angie's. She listenend to my concerns and assured me there would not be a problem. The rates were competitive, the service I got was friendly and efficient and the closing was without a single problem. I'm certain this seamless transition was a result of many people behind the scenes but I think it is important report my experience with this title company. I would use them again without hesitation and I definitely would want Laura Chahulski to represent me. The last thing anyone needs is a problem at the last minute. It takes away the excitement of a new home!

We intended to use Barrister's of Ohio as our title company since we were buying a home and our Howard Hanna realtor stated that Barrister's is "in house" and the fees were reasonable. Well, I became a little leery about what was reasonable and I decided to request the fee sheet from them and several other companies. OH MY GOSH! Barrister's of Ohio wanted to charge us $320 more than another other company and the sellers would be hit with an additional $240. Not only that, Barrister's took two weeks to get back to me when other companies answered my email request within 5 minutes. As much as a pain it was, we altered our purchase agreement to change our title company. I am extremely angry because we used Barrister's when we sold our home, which means we overpaid then. I am disappointed that Howard Hanna works with and suggests this company.

After we accepted our buyers offer, Barristers contacted us via mail very quickly. In this letter it was stated that the title company will contact us approx. 10 days before closing. I called the title agent the first week of June with questions about closing, specifically about taxes since they were going to be due around closing. It took three phones calls over the course of a week before she returned my call. When we did speak, she was very short and seemed like I was annoying her. I asked for a run down of fees and she said that they would be available closer to the closing. About 4 days before closing, I call the title agent to see where we stood. No call back. I did receive a call from the company (not the agent) the day before closing to set the time. When we arrived at closing we discovered that the fees were much higher than anticipated (agent never sent over schedule of fees for review) we also discovered that the title company did not contact our mortgage holder in a timely fashion (confirmed by lender) and our 1st quarter taxes were paid. When I questioned the charges, the person doing the closing was very short and her response was that "she did not know" and we needed to figure this out after our closing. After almost 20 minutes of discussion she did call the title agent it was discovered that we were right and we are entitled to a credit back on our taxes. However, we now have to wait until the county refunds the money to the title company and the title company will then cut us a check.