Looking to buy a piece of land from my neighbour

elj266

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to buy a piece of land from my neighbour, trying to find a solicitor or conveyancing professional to get the agreement and some other paper works done. Can someone recommend a Law firm or solicitor that can do this at a reasonable price? I had three quotes so far from Bark and all of them are over 800. I have seen other buyers mention costs should be lower like 400 or slightly higher. 

Thanks a lot.

theartfullodger

Is neighbour happy to sell?  Have you agreed price?  And what's happening with e.g. fences?

When you 'phoned local solicitors (not through Bark) what did they quote, please? Any reason you are not using whichever solicitors handled your purchase?

canaldumidi

dealing with purchase of part of a title can be more complex that buying a whole property. Might have to liaise/deal with mortgage lender. Might have to draw up new title. Might have to liaise with surveyor to re-draw Title Plan(s).

Of course, if there's no lender and you already factored in surveyor's fees, then cost could be lower.

But as suggested, contact a few solicitors direct.

I've never used/no experience of Bark, but using a middleman like this adds a cost which the solicitor will factor into their quote eg

We charge a small fee for each introduction and we give you the phone number and e-mail address of each potential customer so you can reach out.

https://www.bark.com/en/gb/how-it-works/sellers/

steampowered

When you go through a service like Bark, Reallymoving.com or pretty much any internet price comparison website - the conveyancer must pay a fee for each referral.

The "going rate" for that fee is about £250.

Guess who ends up paying for that?

If you want fees around the £400 mark, you'll need to contact conveyancers directly. As it sounds like an existing registered property title might need to be split, this may not be as straightforward as simply transferring an existing property from A to B, which will increase costs.

elj266

theartfullodger said:

Is neighbour happy to sell?  Have you agreed price?  And what's happening with e.g. fences?

When you 'phoned local solicitors (not through Bark) what did they quote, please? Any reason you are not using whichever solicitors handled your purchase?

Yes the owner is happy to sell, we have reached an agreement on the price, I will find someone to help with moving the fences. Local solicitors quoted me at 1,000 which I wasn't expecting. I really have no idea how much this kind of service normally cost, I saw someone else paid 400 from other post. This is why I'm asking here. 

elj266

canaldumidi said:

dealing with purchase of part of a title can be more complex that buying a whole property. Might have to liaise/deal with mortgage lender. Might have to draw up new title. Might have to liaise with surveyor to re-draw Title Plan(s).

Of course, if there's no lender and you already factored in surveyor's fees, then cost could be lower.

But as suggested, contact a few solicitors direct.

I've never used/no experience of Bark, but using a middleman like this adds a cost which the solicitor will factor into their quote eg

We charge a small fee for each introduction and we give you the phone number and e-mail address of each potential customer so you can reach out.

Thanks, I have never used bark before until saw someone else saying it was helpful. Guess I have to find someone local to help me. 

elj266

steampowered said:

When you go through a service like Bark, Reallymoving.com or pretty much any internet price comparison website - the conveyancer must pay a fee for each referral.

The "going rate" for that fee is about £250.

Guess who ends up paying for that?

If you want fees around the £400 mark, you'll need to contact conveyancers directly. As it sounds like an existing registered property title might need to be split, this may not be as straightforward as simply transferring an existing property from A to B, which will increase costs.

Thanks Steampowered, I will look into other local options, the only quote I got is over 1,000.