How much is the average for selling and buying fees to solicitors?

Japtastic

Just wondering what people have paid in total for everything start to finish.

I'm selling a 20 year old leasehold property and buying a 12 year old freehold place and just wondered what ball park figure I'd be looking at as it will be handy for quotes.

Thanks

googler

Likely to vary around the country - so it might help to know where you are?

mynameisdave

I paid about £850 (excluding service charges and ground rent that was due on the leasehold), but this was below stamp duty threshold.

This was 6 months ago.

Edit: Cheshire

Japtastic

Excluding stamp duty but including searches please, in Reading, Berkshire

acs202

Ok well this is going from my recent experiences of what we have been quoted. Unfortunately I didn't realise until we came to selling that lease hold properties tend to incur extra charges.

Selling

Solicitors fees of around £550 + VAT
Leasehold surcharge around £80ish - £100
If you have a mortgage another charge potentially up to £50ish.
Telescopic bank transfer £35

Buying

Solicitors fees of around £600-£700 + VAT

Various disbursements including stamp duty, land registry (depending on price of property), and some cheeky solicitors charge for the Stamp Duty Land tax whilst others consider it part of the overall service.

All in all for us selling a flat at £175k and buying a house at around £215k its looking to cost £3,600ish all in. Thats excluding the mortgage arrangement fees, any additional searches.

The costs never seem to stop

keith969

All I can say is that for me in the 3% stamp duty bracket, solicitors are cheap compared to estate agents...