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Jay1b
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The estate agent kindly put together a couple of quotes for solictors fees, etc.
Does these sound about right?
Environmental Search £33.19
Lender Admin Fee £95
TT Fee £5 - i dont know what this is
Postage and Copying £20!!
Land Transaction Return £75
Land Registry Search £4
Drainage Search £35.25
Bankruptcy Search £2
Stamp Duty £1255 (You go help those FTBs Brown!)
Land Registry Fee £150
Local Authority Search £130
Solicitor Base Cost £275
Total - 2079.44
Inc Vat - 2167.50
Thanks.
Does these sound about right?
Environmental Search £33.19
Lender Admin Fee £95
TT Fee £5 - i dont know what this is
Postage and Copying £20!!
Land Transaction Return £75
Land Registry Search £4
Drainage Search £35.25
Bankruptcy Search £2
Stamp Duty £1255 (You go help those FTBs Brown!)
Land Registry Fee £150
Local Authority Search £130
Solicitor Base Cost £275
Total - 2079.44
Inc Vat - 2167.50
Thanks.
A bargain is only a bargain if you would have brought it anyway!
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I'm assuming the house you're looking at is priced at £125,500. Offer £120k and slash those costs!0
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lol... Yes in an ideal world. But I do actually want to buy the house without it falling through. They've already dropped a lot.A bargain is only a bargain if you would have brought it anyway!0
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Fair enough
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I think the TT fee is a bank chanrge for a telephone transfer.
Your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on a mortgage or other loan secured on it.0
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