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Huge variations in conveyancing quotes
Jaffa_Cake_UK
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Hi all,
Can anyone 'in the know' explain why conveyancing quotes are so different from what I've heard? I've had 2 quotes today for a buy and sell situation, and both have hit £4k including searches. The quotes are both high street ones but in very different areas. It was a massive shock, since I've heard people say it's around £1k. How do you get quotes down? Is online much different or are there hidden costs they don't tell you about when you look at an online quote?
What have other people paid for this service?
Thanks very much
Can anyone 'in the know' explain why conveyancing quotes are so different from what I've heard? I've had 2 quotes today for a buy and sell situation, and both have hit £4k including searches. The quotes are both high street ones but in very different areas. It was a massive shock, since I've heard people say it's around £1k. How do you get quotes down? Is online much different or are there hidden costs they don't tell you about when you look at an online quote?
What have other people paid for this service?
Thanks very much
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Jaffa_Cake_UK wrote: »Hi all,
What have other people paid for this service?
Just went and pulled mine from a couple of years ago and it was £1200 for buy and sell. Perhaps the 4k figure included stamp duty?0 -
No it doesn't include stamp duty. Base fees are quoted around £1k buy, and £1k sell, plus their other costs and searches etc. Seems crazy - or does it?0
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What prices are you buying and selling for and are the properties houses or flats?RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
My local solicitors have been shutting offices and making staff redundant. The opportunity to shop around for a good deal has declined.Forty-five jobs are being lost at a leading law firm.
The posts are being axed as a result of asb law’s decision to close its branches in Brighton and Horsham and consolidate its business in Maidstone and Crawley.
Last night the firm said 31 people would be made redundant, it had accepted voluntary redundancies from 11 and three members of staff had resigned.
The job losses have come from across all four offices, with the majority of those affected working in secretarial and support positions.
The other staff include lawyers working in residential property.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/business/businessnewsbusiness/3560907.45_jobs_go_as_law_firm_shuts_offices/0 -
try ARC property solicitors. we found them cheap. just google them, they're in Harrogate but we're in Surrey and no problems with communication.2013 wins: March - book,0
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