deanmcreynolds26
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Alright, in the middle of trying to buy a house, phoning the solicitor tomorrow
what kinda fees am i going to pay? is it a standard fee??
Stressed out my nut with all this!!! 
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Colin
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Think mine were about 700 quid.
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Bram
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£832 we've been quoted, builder is paying £500 towards it so not too bad
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Bram
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Infact:
Solicitors Fee- £350
Bankruptcy search- £4
Land Registry Fee- £150
Land Registry Search- £6
Enviro searches- £260
VAT- £52.50
Total- £822.50
Don't forget your lenders fees to, usually a valuation, CHAPS (transfer) and product fee!
[Edited on 04-05-2009 by Bram]
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jrsteeve
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quote:
Originally posted by Bram
Infact:
Solicitors Fee- £350
Bankruptcy search- £4
Land Registry Fee- £150
Land Registry Search- £6
Enviro searches- £260
VAT- £52.50
Total- £822.50
Don't forget your lenders fees to, usually a valuation, CHAPS (transfer) and product fee!
[Edited on 04-05-2009 by Bram]
Thats not bad actually, the actual solicitor's fee is usually around £350-£500 plus dispersements. Just make sure they don't charge any additional hourly fees or fees per letter for normal conveyancing work
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M2RTY
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paid 1200 for mine, but my god she was shit hot at her job, and i had extras to do as i bought the house private (not through an estate agent)
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MarkM
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You get what you pay for...
You can do it on the cheap with a converyancing company who are licenced conveyancers but not actual solicitors. They are conveyancing factories and churn out letters etc day in day out.
Or
You can go to an actual solicitor who specialises in the area... It will cost you more but the service and their expertise will be of a higher standard.
I know which one I would choose...
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Brabus
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quote:
Originally posted by MarkM
You get what you pay for...
You can do it on the cheap with a converyancing company who are licenced conveyancers but not actual solicitors. They are conveyancing factories and churn out letters etc day in day out.
Or
You can go to an actual solicitor who specialises in the area... It will cost you more but the service and their expertise will be of a higher standard.
I know which one I would choose...
It depends if your in a rush to get in to your new property, in our case we are FTB's and the longer it takes the more money we will have, therefore i would go with option 1., obviously this is not for everyone.
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MarkM
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Brabus - The first option generally will take less time...as they are a factory for conveyancing transactions...
The second will take longer generally due to solicitors having other stuff on.
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ash_corsa
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all quotes for our house came in between £800 - £1000 depening on how many searches were required.
It also goes on the value of the property! 
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micra_pete
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quote:
Originally posted by MarkM
You get what you pay for...
You can do it on the cheap with a converyancing company who are licenced conveyancers but not actual solicitors. They are conveyancing factories and churn out letters etc day in day out.
Or
You can go to an actual solicitor who specialises in the area... It will cost you more but the service and their expertise will be of a higher standard.
I know which one I would choose...
not true at all, we used a well known "high standard" solicitor in the centre of Leeds, who turned out to be terrible. The solicitor appointed to me saw me as a "little" job, and he couldn't be arsed with it. So bad in fact we had our all our fee's refunded after making a formal complaint to the directors.
For me, i'd use a "conveyancing factory" next time, as they do it day in, day out.
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by micra_pete
quote:
Originally posted by MarkM
You get what you pay for...
You can do it on the cheap with a converyancing company who are licenced conveyancers but not actual solicitors. They are conveyancing factories and churn out letters etc day in day out.
Or
You can go to an actual solicitor who specialises in the area... It will cost you more but the service and their expertise will be of a higher standard.
I know which one I would choose...
not true at all, we used a well known "high standard" solicitor in the centre of Leeds, who turned out to be terrible. The solicitor appointed to me saw me as a "little" job, and he couldn't be arsed with it. So bad in fact we had our all our fee's refunded after making a formal complaint to the directors.
For me, i'd use a "conveyancing factory" next time, as they do it day in, day out.
You have obviously had a bad experience. Thats all.
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willay
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Mark you are slightly biased no?
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micra_pete
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Mark, yes I have and as such wouldn't use solicitor again. that’s how opinions are formed, experiences.
[Edited on 06-05-2009 by micra_pete]
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willay
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Mark is a solicitor iirc
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micra_pete
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ahhhh
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