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Conveyancing Fee's
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Dukes_of_hazard
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Hi
We are helping my mother in law to buy a little retirement flat , and was a little suprised with the cost of the conveyancing.
Although the standard fee is £395 + vat when you add on the additional costs like admin costs, local authority searches, enviromental searches etc the total cost of the quote is £1450.
Does this sound expensive or about right ??
Cheers
We are helping my mother in law to buy a little retirement flat , and was a little suprised with the cost of the conveyancing.
Although the standard fee is £395 + vat when you add on the additional costs like admin costs, local authority searches, enviromental searches etc the total cost of the quote is £1450.
Does this sound expensive or about right ??
Cheers
Easy Money
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I spent the majority of yesterday calling around solicitors in my area for conveyancy quotes. Including VAT, the cheapest prices I found was £659, but this was for a Leasehold house - and I am based in the north west of England.
That said, the most expensive wanted to charge me £1,190 - so it pays to shop around. It is a pain in the backside devoting two hours of your working day to calling people, but you can save a lot of money.0 -
What is the purchase price of the flat?0
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Dukes_of_hazard wrote:Hi
We are helping my mother in law to buy a little retirement flat , and was a little suprised with the cost of the conveyancing.
Although the standard fee is £395 + vat when you add on the additional costs like admin costs, local authority searches, enviromental searches etc the total cost of the quote is £1450.
Does this sound expensive or about right ??
Cheers
Have you tried https://www.conveyancing-warehouse.co.uk?
They worked out the cheapest for us and so far so good. See all the posts by Dfarry to get a better idea of their service.0 -
These are the fees my Solicitor is charging me for the purchase of my one bedroomed flat:-
Standard fee: £350
Search package: £195
Land Charges search: £1.00
Land registry search: £4.00
Registration fee: £100
CHAPS fee: £29.38
TOTAL: £740.63
The flat i'm buing is for £78,000 and i'm based in West Yorkshire, but I suppose it depends on your region and property price etc....This space is available to rent...
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You think that's bad - my jaw hit the floor when I got a quote of £3006 for mine. Conveyancing warehouse brings it down to a mere £2436, so they're the front runners at the moment, given the positive feedback they've received here...Finally a happy home (and mortgage) owner...0
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do the fees include stamp duty????
couls be a reason why they are so highfatblokexl:EasterBun:0 -
Yes, thankfully my fees are including stamp duty at about £1800. £1200 for the rest still seemed a bit over the top, though. I hate buying in the SE...Finally a happy home (and mortgage) owner...0
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