And I bet your solicitor (I presume that you don't mean that you tried to use a barrister?) was glad to see the back of you. This is one of the primary reasons that my wife avoids doing any private client conveyancing work in the lower end of the market. (she is a solicitor primarily specializing in commercial work). Namely the private punter ringing up every minute asking what's happening? have you done this that or the other? when they have been told what she is waiting for, from whom, the timescale and that they the will be informed when she has some information. Private clients seem not to understand that the more unnecessary time she spends on the phone to them when she has no updates means less time chasing for the updates.
On the other hand she does handle domestic conveyances in the £1 Mill + range because those clients seem to have a much better understanding of the 'business' aspects of the matter. Namely that they are paying someone to handle their affairs - why by a dog and bark yourself? Because she takes a business-like approach to it she and not her firm, is the solicitor of choice in our town for at least one of the firms of estate agents that specializes in the top end of the market.
Richard