conveyancing fees, buying and selling

baron777red

i have been quoted £505 + vat for conveyancing by countrywide to sell my property postcode DY5, mortgaged, leasehold, and price is £100k, is this reasonable.

just before i ring around a few more solicitors to get quotes from them, i would be grateful if someone could tell me how much is a reasonable price to pay for conveyancing to buy and sell, both property prices will be approx £100k, and in the west midlands area,

thanks

Clive_Woody

Countrywide may well be the cheapest but often your case will not be handled by one person and getting to speak to somebody who is familiar with your case will be next to impossible. This will be fine if everything goes through smoothly, but if there is a problem then this could potentially cause major delays.

We faced the same dilema and chose to use a solicitor to do our conveyancing rather than Countrywide. It cost abit more but talking to people who have used Countrywide I am glad we avoided them.

ormus

i think the price quoted is about average. ive seen prices from 300 to 900 quid banded about.

tali

You will need to take in account the stupid disbursements when buying a property- cheapest then for buying conveyance would be around £800
The whole conveyancing industry is a shambles