Find the Right Scottish Trust Deeds Firm

Research reveals that it often takes a long time for people to make up their minds to deal with their debts. This period is measured by starting at the point that someone realises that debts may be getting out of control, and ends at the point they contact a professional for advice. On average this period is nine months (though of course it varies widely).

During this period many people suffer from worry, stress, and sleeping problems. In more serious cases people can suffer health, workplace, and relationship problems as well.

There is often a trigger event which leads to people seeking debt advice. For example this might be being unable to make a payment for the first time, an unpleasant debt collection company phone call, a legal threat, or a frightening realisation that financial control has been lost.

Naturally people who have been worried for so long, who may have been experiencing stress-based concerns, and who may have been subject to an unpleasant event, often want their debt concerns dealt with as quickly as possible. For this reason people will often reach out to the very first source of debt advice or help that they can access and fail to make checks that that they have found the best help (as they normally would for any other major decision or purchase).

Sadly, for many this can lead to poor advice, financial loss, and poor service being received. Like all other areas of life there are good debt advisors and poor debt advisors, honest debt advisors and those seeking to make a quick profit from financially vulnerable people.

If you are satisfied that you have received good honest debt advice, and that a Scottish Trust Deed is the right debt solution for you, the next stage is to choose a firm to handle the Scottish Trust Deed for you.

It may be that you have already been directed towards, or referred to, a particular firm. Please be aware that you have the right to choose whichever Scottish Trust Deeds firm you feel will handle your affairs best.

The evidence from the Trust Deed Advice Forum is that there are widely varying levels of professionalism and basic respect for clients within the Scottish Protected Trust Deed industry. Many people are very satisfied with the Trustees who have helped them to put their debt problems behind them. Others feel that they have been treated poorly by Scottish Trust Deeds companies who are disrespectful and unprofessional once the client has signed the agreement.

Choosing a Scottish Trust Deeds company is a major decision. You are handing over control of your assets and financial affairs for three years. No matter how urgently you wish your Scottish Trust Deed could get underway you should be entirely sure that you have selected the right Scottish Trust Deed firm before you go ahead and sign the documents.

How do you know that you have found the best Scottish Trust Deeds firm?

• Recommendations from trusted sources are a very good starting point. You may know somebody who has used a Protected Trust Deeds firm and who feels that they have been treated well. You may also have been referred to a Scottish Trust Deeds firm by a professional that you trust. This website seeks to build on the recommendation process via our Recommended Firms. We have selected Scottish Trust Deed firms who have good reputations, where we know the senior employees, where we have interviewed staff to fully understand their procedures, where we have visited their premises to see them work, and of whom our previous visitors have provided great feedback.
  
• People are very important as well. There needs to be confidence between anyone considering a Scottish Trust Deed and the person/people that will be helping them. Are you dealing with somebody with sufficient seniority to be able to properly answer your questions? Are you dealing with a fully trained professional or a callcentre employee trying to “sell” you into a Scottish Trust Deed? Will you have a contact with someone you trust during the three years or will you be passed from department to department? We’re lucky to have great people in Mark McFadyen, Kevin Mapstone and Julie Heaton (each of whom represents a different Scottish Trust Deeds firm) contributing to our website. You can find them on their profile pages or in the Trust Deed Advice Forum
  
• Have other solutions been explained to you? Good Scottish Trust Deed professionals will take the time to explain all of the options that are open to you. If a Scottish Trust Deed is the only solution that has been mentioned to you the risk is that you’re being “sold to” rather than advised. Our Recommended Firms are committed to advising on all possible solutions.
  
• Does the Scottish Trust Deeds firm you’re talking to take the time to fully explain everything to you? If you’re confused about what has happened so far (or what will happen next) you might assume that providing full explanation isn’t important to the firm that you’ve chosen. If that’s the case this should raise concerns about how you will be dealt with once the Scottish Trust Deed has been signed. In the interviews with Mark, Kevin and Julie (that you will find on this site) you’ll see how their various firms ensure they keep their clients up to date and informed.

If you have more questions, or if you’d like to discuss whether one of these firms might be appropriate for you, please feel free to contact the Trust-Deed.co.uk Support Team on 0800 0437201 or via the Contact Us form

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