Excessive charge for mining search?

hogweed

My daughter is about to buy her first house - as you can imagine, my stress level is already at overload. She's just got her first conveyancing quote from a local solicitor, and we are horrified to see an entry for £3,300 for a mining search!

While I can see the relevance of such a search... £3300???

Is this possible?

Thanks

PS the property is a terrace in Cardiff, if that helps.

Penguin_

Think they're usually about £30 - £40. I wonder if the cost is £33.00 but there's been a mistype??

hogweed

I wondered that myself, but then thought could anybody really send a quote out with that size of error...

Hoenir

Has anybody bothered to make a phone call?  Most likely a fat finger typing nothing more. 

Penguin_

hogweed said:

I wondered that myself, but then thought could anybody really send a quote out with that size of error...

If it's an auto populated quote then it may well be a typing error, only way to find out is to call them.

Voyager2002

It is good practice to get more than one quotation...

This particular solicitor seems to fail the first test of "attention to detail", so time to look for another one.

Hoenir

Voyager2002 said:

It is good practice to get more than one quotation...

This particular solicitor seems to fail the first test of "attention to detail", so time to look for another one.

Be admin task. Majority of enquiries don't  lead to work. 

saajan_12

Probably a typo and an automatic =sum() to get to the final charge by someone who hasn't proof read. Just ask them to check. 

hogweed

Quite right everybody - apparently this should have been listed as Stamp Duty

Even first time buyers have to pay it in Wales if the property is over £225k, which pretty much everything is.

Thanks!