Solicitor Fees!!

Lycaeus

OUCH!

We got our quote through from our solicitor today. The fee's seem phenomenal!

Charge £500 +VAT
Brine Search Fee (?) £39.00
Land Registry Reg Fee £200
Land Reg Search £8.00

Total £822:eek:

That cant be right surely?!!

snapping_crocodile

Sounds about standard to me....i think that is round about what we paid 2.5 years ago. Sorry

GavB79

Is that just on a purchase? I presume you're not selling as well if it's that cheap?

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

I'm in Northern ireland and I've been quoted £500 inc vat
HTH

Lycaeus

Just purchase. Think iv underestimated the fees then. Dont know why, but i had a figure of £600 in my head!!?

At least i know thats around average Thanks x

ginandtonic1988

Are you having a mortgage and are they charging a fee for dealing with this?

Where is the telegraphic transfer fee for transferring monies on the day of completion?

How many people are on the mortgage as there are no bankruptcy search fees included? Will you have to have a local search as it looks like your buying a new build and some don't have HIPS? You dont have to have a brine search did you request that your self?

Otherwise it looks similar to the fees my firm charges and as far as I am told by my clients our fees are on the cheaper side of the scale.

Lycaeus

Apologies G&T1988 there are fees for bankruptcy and transfer fees, £2.00pp and £20.00 per transfer respectively . Local search is coming up as £0...

Were not purchasing a new build. The houses were built in 1998. We didnt request a brine search no. Iv never heard of one of these.. are they necessary??

ETA - Our local council states that our areas has to have compulsory brine searches due to the local salt mine!

Debt_Free_Chick

Lycaeus wrote: »

Dont know why, but i had a figure of £600 in my head!!?

But your fees are less than that

This is the solicitor's fee

Lycaeus wrote: »

Charge £500 +VAT

These

Brine Search Fee (?) £39.00
Land Registry Reg Fee £200
Land Reg Search £8.00

are not part of your solicitor's fee. They're charges made by others e.g. local authority, land registry etc that your solicitor pays on your behalf - and then recoups the cost from you.

You're not alone in this. Many don't realise that there are other charges which the solicitor passes on, in addition to his fee.

ginandtonic1988

No local search is because you should have a Home Information pack hopefully this will be in date if it is out of date (more than 6 months) then your solicitor will carry out another for you. You can check the price of this with the respective council. Speak with your solicitor and ask why you are having a brine search, I live in the east of England and I wouldn't carry out a brine search in our area, you may want one if you lived in an area that was affected by brine extraction example Cheshire? This search is not compulsary. The other fees you mentioned are correct.

Lycaeus

Thanks again all - You've put at ease! Its defiantly the add on fees that have stung like you say.

G&T1988, we are actually buying in our home town of Winsford (its where the countries salt mine is ) so im happy with the conclusion of that one

Wickedkitten

Phenomenal? Looks like you've got a phenomenal bargain compared to some I've seen on here.