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Solicitor quote

Helplesssheep
Helplesssheep Posts: 41 Forumite
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in House buying, renting & selling
Hi, I have asked a solicitor for a quote, and it is a solicitor a friend highly recommended. They are quoting what I think is a lot, and is more than my friend paid, when buying a more expensive complex property (which was however 2020). The quote is around £2500 minus stamp duty, incl searches and land registration fee etc. 

Does that seem like a normal amount for current times? I haven’t got multiple quotes yet as it seemed best to go with someone highly recommended as I know some solicitors can be awful. 

thanks! 

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  • Helplesssheep
    Helplesssheep Posts: 41 Forumite
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    Sorry forgot to say - this is all in London
  • jonnydeppiwish!
    jonnydeppiwish! Posts: 1,442 Forumite
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    Seems perfectly adequate. I think mine cost £2,300 last year.
    2006 LBM £28,000+ in debt.
    2021 mortgage and debt free, working part time and living the dream
  • Helplesssheep
    Helplesssheep Posts: 41 Forumite
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    Ok thanks! I wanted to ask here rather than bothering to contact lots of solicitors which I felt would take more time. If it seems a normal price, I will just go with them
  • Golden_Glow90
    Golden_Glow90 Posts: 209 Forumite
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    Mine is £1600 for sale and £1800 for purchase. I have no idea if that’s average or not though as we were recommended them by a friend for our first purchase and they were fab so used them twice again 
  • Tiglet2
    Tiglet2 Posts: 2,691 Forumite
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    If they are highly recommended and very responsive, go with them rather than trying to save a few hundred pounds.  This is one area where cheap is not usually good, especially when you consider how much money you are already spending on the purchase.  
  • donutandbeer
    donutandbeer Posts: 204 Forumite
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    Looks within the normal range to me. We are in London as well. 
  • TheCuriousSausage
    TheCuriousSausage Posts: 48 Forumite
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    We are paying £2600 for a sale in Surrey and purchase in Oxfordshire. I had quotes going over £5000 so there are big variations. We are almost at exchange and happy with the service so far.
  • mojo293
    mojo293 Posts: 86 Forumite
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    edited 28 July 2022 at 9:35AM
    My solicitors fees (Newcastle, fairly large practice) are roughly £900 for the sale conveyancing + £1600 for the purchase conveyancing.
  • movilogo
    movilogo Posts: 3,235 Forumite
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    £1200-£1300 is going rate for purchase incl of VAT but excl. searches and other fees.
    London based solicitors may charge higher fees but you don't have to use solicitors from where you live.

    Happiness is buying an item and then not checking its price after a month to discover it was reduced further.
  • Zerforax
    Zerforax Posts: 418 Forumite
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    movilogo said:
    £1200-£1300 is going rate for purchase incl of VAT but excl. searches and other fees.
    London based solicitors may charge higher fees but you don't have to use solicitors from where you live.


    ^ this
    The solicitors will do all the work remotely so their location doesn't matter.
    However good solicitors are worth the cost (unless you are in no rush).
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