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how much do all the searches cost (approx)

The_White_Horse
The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
not including the solicitors fees - just the usual local searches.

I know its different in each area - but just a rough guess would be good.

Cheers.

Comments

  • The_White_Horse
    The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
    wow - 47 people have seen this and no one knows! Not just me then.
  • ClareTeaches
    ClareTeaches Posts: 129 Forumite
    Our initial fee for disbursements was £300.
  • user1168934
    user1168934 Posts: 565 Forumite
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    For me they were £255.
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  • Nick_C
    Nick_C Posts: 7,637 Forumite
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    These were the quotes I got in May.

    Sale:-
    Managing Agents Fee £TBC

    Land Charges Search (per person) £2.00

    Land Registry - Official Copy Entries
    (leasehold and freehold) £12.00

    Purchase:-

    Land registry fee
    (to register you as the new owner) £270.00

    Search Fees -
    Local Authority Search £147.40

    Drainage and Water Search £54.00

    Environmental Search £44.76

    Chancel Search £22.80

    Admin Search Fee £14.40

    Administration charge for bank
    telegraphic transfer (inc VAT at 20%)
    to send purchase monies £36.00

    Land registry searches (estimated) £12.00

    Land registry fee drops to £135 if your solicitor is happy with electronic filing.
  • 4nnabella
    4nnabella Posts: 1,889 Forumite
    Our search pack was £169, bankruptcy search £4, Land Registry search £3, Land Registry fee £95.
    :j Debt Free 27.07.2011!! :j
  • kasperblue
    kasperblue Posts: 47 Forumite
    My quote (I'm in East Anglia):


    Land Registry registration Fee: £270.
    Local Authority, drainage and environmental searches: £148.
    Pre-completion searches £10.
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    £400 LB Waltham Forest (my solicitor had estimated £250 which appears to be a rough average).

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  • Richard_Webster
    Richard_Webster Posts: 7,646 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Whilst most of the other searches will be round about the same, local searches vary in cost from £50 to £260 or more depending on the Council. In some areas you will have to pay for mining searches.
    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.
  • mouthscradle
    mouthscradle Posts: 1,007 Forumite
    Quick follow up question based on this recent thread...

    If I am asking for quotes for conveyancing from various solicitors, and giving them all the same purchase price and location of the property we want to purchase, should the amount charged for searches/disbursements always be the same from each? E.g. drainage search fee - one is quoting £48, another £30, another £36... Many of the other search fees vary as well. I was under the impression these were fixed charges based on location and purchase price, am I mistaken?

    The quotes are from a mixture of local and national companies.
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