Is this normal

claz

my solicitor has just told me that i have to complete the stamp duty form myself

i thought that this was included in his services, in the intial consultation he said that he would not complete without the money for stamp duty as he doesn't want clients to be fined nothing else about filling the form in myself was mentioned

gonna look at the paperwork he sent me and see if that metions it

just wanted to know has anyone else experienced this

[Deleted User]

As far as I know usually the solicitor does that.

suki1964

I only signed on the dotted line - solicitor filled it in

AndrewSmith

He is working for you.

INSTRUCT him to do it, you are the client remember.

Andy

linda.b_4

We have just returned our form to sols. All we had to do was sign. Everything else was completed by solicitor.

molotov_3

Your solicitor should do it, that is what he is being paid for (he is trying to be lazy!)

totalguitar

Ask the solicitor (anonymously) what the going rate is for filling in the form then tell him you want this deducting from your bill !

Meeten

totalguitar wrote:

Ask the solicitor (anonymously) what the going rate is for filling in the form then tell him you want this deducting from your bill !

brilliant idea!
:rotfl:

claz

the thing is at this late stage i the game i don't really wanna cheese him off, it think i will approach the subject after i have got the keys if he starts to become funny i will report him to the law society (work in a criminal defense solicitors so i know how it works)

thanks for all the posts it proves that he just doean't have a clue we should have a list of ea and solicitors on this booard and give them marks out of 10 etc and then people could find out the truth about them

xela_17

I had to fill in the form myself, otherwise my solicitor would have charged extra. However, some have it included in the quote at the beginning so look to see what was included.

Joannaclaire

When I was getting quotes from solicitors I read all the small print and compared what each did and didn't include and what cost extra. There were a few things that some mentioned and that others didn't which was interestign and also concerning. I compared them all, and the cheapest one turned out to be more expensive when you added on all the bits in the small print!

A few quotes I got mentioned the cost of doing the form for £80 or so plus VAT, several didn't. I called them all up to clarify and some said they charged extra, some said I could do it myself and some said it was included in the price.