SERVICES & PRICING

OUR SERVICES

We offer residential conveyancing support with a first class service in a broad range of services to include the following:

Sales and purchases of all types of residential property both freehold and leasehold
Purchases of freehold and leasehold new build property and development site acquisition
Help to Buy Schemes and investment property purchases
Remortgaging (residential and buy to let)
New leases and lease extensions
Individual and collective enfranchisement
Acquisition of and granting of new leases
Tenancy Agreements
Restructuring of clients’ property assets

We also offer a commercial conveyancing service with highly professional support in both freehold and leasehold sales and acquisitions.

We work closely with other professionals (including agents, independent financial advisors, surveyors and tax specialists) to provide an efficient and smooth service.

OUR FIXED, ALL-INCLUSIVE PRICING

For purchases, our fees start from £850+VAT

Additional standard charges:

Bank transfer £40+VAT (each)
Identity check £25+VAT
Stamp Duty Land Tax form completion fee £75+VAT

For sales, our fees start from £750+VAT

Additional standard charges:

Bank transfer £40+VAT (each)
Identity check £25+VAT

Please note, when dealing with new build properties, new leases, Help to Buy schemes or Shared Ownership, additional charges may apply.

DISBURSEMENTS

When selling or buying a property, there are always expenses that we have to pay on your behalf to third parties such as local authorities, HMRC and Management Companies. These are known as “disbursements”. Some examples of disbursements are:

Search pack – from £252 (including VAT)
Managing Agents pack for leasehold sales – ranges from £100 – £500
Notice fees and fees for obtaining Compliance Certificates – ranges from £100 to £500
Stamp Duty Land Tax – details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax
Registration Fee – more details are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry

STAGES OF BUYING OR SELLING A PROPERTY

Each sale and purchase transaction is unique, although the key stages are similar:

Once you have instructed us, we will verify your identity and ensure all of our initial forms are completed.
Where you are selling a property, we will dispatch a contract pack to your buyer’s conveyancer. For purchases, we will receive the contact pack from your seller’s conveyancer.
Where you are selling, we will respond to any enquiries received from your buyer’s conveyancer. For purchases, we carry out searches and raise enquiries of the seller’s solicitor on your behalf.
Where you are purchasing, we produce a Property Report (and a Mortgage Report where relevant).
When everyone is happy to proceed, we will exchange contracts on your behalf. Where you are selling, we wait for the buyer’s conveyancer to send through the deposit and where you are purchasing, we send the deposit to your seller’s conveyancer.
On the day of completion, for sales, we wait for the money to be sent by the buyer’s conveyancer, we pay off any mortgages and return the net sale proceeds to you. Where you are purchasing, we send the purchase money to the seller’s conveyancer.
Finally, where you are purchasing, we pay the Stamp Duty Land Tax to HMRC and we register the property in your name (together with any mortgage where applicable).

For more information on the key stages above please refer to: https://www.gov.uk/buy-sell-your-home

TRANSACTION TIMES

In December 2018, the Government published figures indicating that the national average time for a sale or purchase transaction is 16 weeks. It can be quicker or slower, depending on the parties in the chain. For example, if you are a first time buyer, purchasing a new build property with a mortgage in principle, it could take 4-6 weeks. However, if you are buying a leasehold property that requires an extension of the lease, this can take significantly longer.

INTRODUCTORY FEES

We have financial agreements with some introduces but we absorb these costs and do not pass them onto our clients.

COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

Clients have the right to complain about our service and have the right to refer to the Legal Ombudsman if they are dissatisfied with our handling of their complaint. Further information is available in our Complaints Procedure

COUNCIL FOR LICENSED CONVEYANCERS COMPENSATION FUND

If you make a valid claim against us for a loss arising out of work for which we are legally responsible, and we are unable to meet our liability in full, you may be entitled to claim from the Compensation Fund administered by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (from whom details can be obtained).