Conveyancing Pricing
Our conveyancing teams at our offices have a wealth of experience with Solicitors and Licensed Conveyancers who have been doing conveyancing for up to 20 years, and legal assistants with similar levels of experience.
Legal fees are fees charged by the fee earner for work on your file and are subject to VAT, charged at 20%. We do operate our conveyancing department on a fixed fee basis.
Disbursements are costs paid to 3rd parties involved in the transaction and are not subject to VAT.
Note: If your matter requires additional work that is not included in the standard legal fee, you will be informed of this and what the additional cost will be at the earliest possible time.
The average time to complete a sale or purchase is around 8-10 weeks depending on the complexity, with leasehold properties taking 12-14 weeks.
See below for a table of common fees which may appear on a sale or purchase matter;
Bank Transfer £25+VAT – For redeeming mortgage(s) and sending and balance of funds to you.
AML ID Verification £10+VAT per client
Case Management Fee £15+VAT
Property Sale
Fees work on a sliding scale depending on the value of the property being sold and start at £495+VAT.
Legal fees for dealing with a sale start at £495+ VAT and increasing to 0.1% of the sale price +VAT for properties over £1m.
£150+VAT
£150+VAT
£175+VAT if redeeming a HTB equity loan when selling, this fee also includes the £25+VAT bank transfer fee to send the funds to Help to Buy
£150+VAT – Where your property is not registered with the Land Registry and the physical paper deeds are the legal title.
£50+VAT if selling the property with a Solar Panel lease agreement or similar
£100+VAT if selling the property with a septic tank
Fees
Leasehold
Shared Ownership
HTB Equity Loan
Unregistered
Solar Panels
Septic Tank
Disbursements
Land Registry Office Copies £3 per document. Usually £9 for freehold and £21 for Leasehold
Land Registry SIM £4 applicable on unregistered land
Land Registry Search £2 per searched individual, applicable on unregistered land
Leasehold Pack (LPE1) Variable – applies to Leasehold Properties only
Fee set by management company, we would advise you to contact the management company directly to obtain their fees in dealing with your sale.
Property Purchase
Property Purchases
Fees work on a sliding scale depending on the value of the property being purchased and start at £495+VAT, and increasing to 0.1% of the sale price +VAT for properties over £1m.
Fees
£150+VAT
£200+VAT
£200+VAT
£50+VAT when property is purchased over a value of £40,000.00
£150+VAT
£200+VAT
£50+VAT per ISA or LISA
£50+VAT if buying the property with a Solar Panel lease agreement or similar
£100+VAT if buying the property with a septic tank
£125+VAT Where parties wish to protect their individual contributions to the deposit, or ownership percentages.
Leasehold
Shared Ownership
New Build
SDLT Return Fee
Unregistered Legal Fee
HTB Equity Loan
HTB ISA / LISA
Solar Panels
Septic Tank
Declaration of Trust
Disbursements
£3
£2 per purchaser. Required when taking a mortgage.
Dependent on value of the property being purchased, see link to view the fees charged.
£200 – Local Search, Environmental, Water and drainage. The cost of the search can depend on the size of property and geographical location such as a brine search in the Cheshire area, and mining searches in those affected areas.
Dependent on value of property and the position of the buyer, see HMRC link to calculate stamp duty on your purchase
There may be fees set by the leaseholder/landlord/management company for assigning you as the new owner of the property. This varies depending on the company involved.
Land Registry Priority Search
Land Registry Search
Land Registry Registration Fee
Search Pack
Stamp Duty
Leasehold Fees
Remortgage
Fees work on a sliding scale depending on the value of the new mortgage and start at £350+VAT, increasing up to a maximum of £1,000+VAT depending on the value of the property.
£150+VAT – If someone is also being added/removed from the property ownership
Dependent on value of the property being purchased, see link to view the fees charged.
£3
£2 per purchaser. Required when taking a mortgage to purchase the property.
Depends on value of the property, can be taken out in lieu of a full local search if allowable by the new lender. Average cost around £40 compared to £90 for a full local search.
Subject to Transfer
Disbursements
Land Registry Registration Fee
Land Registry Priority Search
Land Registry Search
Search Indemnity
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