Buying a house - can you do the Land Registry search yourself?

g_attrill

Some thoughts:

markymids wrote: »

Hi, I am in England and the purchase price was
Conveyancing fees: £350.00 + VAT - a fair price
Local search fee - £75.60 - should be in your HIP!
Coal Board search - £31.05 - are you in a mining area? if not then don't bother
Water and drainage search - £42.72 - should be in your HIP!
Bankruptcy search - £3.00 - ok
HMLR search - £4.00 - ok (should be in HIP?)
Telegraphic transfer fee - £28.75 - ok
Land Registry - £250.00 - as mentioned it should be £200
Land Transaction Return £46.00 - should normally be part of the overall fee, charging separately is a bit cheeky

timmyt

Originally Posted by markymids
Hi, I am in England and the purchase price was
Conveyancing fees: £350.00 + VAT - a fair price NO, too cheap should be min £500 for any kind of decent service (bet you don't get a solicitor, or direct dial or emails)
Local search fee - £75.60 - should be in your HIP! Not if the HIP is over 6 months old
Coal Board search - £31.05 - are you in a mining area? if not then don't bother
Water and drainage search - £42.72 - should be in your HIP!
Bankruptcy search - £3.00 - ok should be £2
HMLR search - £4.00 - ok (should be in HIP?) not a HIP search!!
Telegraphic transfer fee - £28.75 - ok
Land Registry - £250.00 - as mentioned it should be £200
Land Transaction Return £46.00 - should normally be part of the overall fee, charging separately is a bit cheeky agreed cheeky

Mike_Teas

I think that Land Registry Search Fees are going up to £7.50 from January