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Solicitor's bill has come through - OMG!?!?!
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Depends - on our rcent purchase all our contact was with an actual solicitor.
and mine.....she was great,,It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
Well, I was being serious, but in the past when I've done the sums interest rates were much higher. Don't you have some implied duty of care to get more than 0.1% on your client account?
Tell me where I can get it then!RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
GDB - you're thinking of things like the Tesco e-savings account?Well, I was being serious, but in the past when I've done the sums interest rates were much higher. Don't you have some implied duty of care to get more than 0.1% on your client account?
Richard is talking about business acounts. He could not put your £30K deposit in a domestic customer's savings account.
Nor could he mess around switching accounts all the time when the '12 month bonus period' expired! He spends his time looking for legal issues in conveyancing, not playing around with miniscule % points on bank accounts!0 -
Richard_Webster wrote: »Tell me where I can get it then!
Ah, you're right! I was thinking of something like the Natwest Deposit Manager account, but I see they've reduced the rate to 0.1%.
You could try the Santander Business Direct Account - 1% on balances over £10k, 0.25% on lower balances. http://www.santander.co.uk/csgs/Satellite?appID=abbey.internet.Abbeycom&canal=CABBEYCOM&cid=1237863672332&empr=Abbeycom&leng=en_GB&pagename=Abbeycom%2FPage%2FWC_ACOM_TemplateB2
But the Santander a/c doesn't offer separate sub-accounts for each client to make the accounting easy.
0.1% seems incredibly low. Have you asked other firms what they are doing?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Richard is talking about business acounts. He could not put your £30K deposit in a domestic customer's savings account.
Nor could he mess around switching accounts all the time when the '12 month bonus period' expired! He spends his time looking for legal issues in conveyancing, not playing around with miniscule % points on bank accounts!
True.
Also, moving a banks is not done lightly. Would Santander offer me a terminal so that could make CHAPs payments on line or would I have to send someone down to the branch each time I wanted to make one?
The Clients Account has to be instant access. Where I am it is a choice of Lloyds TSB, Barclays, HSBC and Nat West. I can't see any point in moving if I am otherwise satisified with the service I get from my bank.RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
Clarified it for youDoozergirl wrote: »Conservatories shouldn't need Building Regs in England and Wales. Is it open to the house or are there doors? Is it very big?
Nor would a loft conversion if it isn't a proper room and included in the price of the sale as a room, iyswim.
Searches and disbursements nearly always seem to be about £500, so that's where I'd expect your bill to be. Indemnities on top, of course, if the vendors are not paying, but I'd query whether you need two of them! 0
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