ollie Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hi all. I'm after a bit of advice. Myself and my fiance last week got an offer accepted on our first house. It is a 3 bed semi @ £132k. Anyway we are now trying to get a solicitor sorted so that we can get the mortgage sorted. My question is; what is the approx price that a solicitor will charge? As we are new to this and don't really know what we are doing, we don't want to get our pants pulled down. Any tips would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 lol,you are going to get your pants pulled down. lift the phone and ask about mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 I bought my first house last year and solicitor including declaration of trust was £1500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Marty Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Most definitely A case of shop around,they all differ some more than others. All I can tell you is ours was £800, ten years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoggieman Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Have a word with the estate agent they usualy have a pet soliciter on their books, Last house I bought about 10 months ago full conveyancing land search and all the small items was about £700 all in. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) Hi all. I'm after a bit of advice. Myself and my fiance last week got an offer accepted on our first house. It is a 3 bed semi @ £132k. Anyway we are now trying to get a solicitor sorted so that we can get the mortgage sorted. My question is; what is the approx price that a solicitor will charge? As we are new to this and don't really know what we are doing, we don't want to get our pants pulled down. Any tips would be great HI Ollie I have moved about 9 times and have only used a solicitor once..it was a disaster..unless you get one dealing only in conveyancing he will be sorting out Mrs Jones divorce one day, trying to get Mr Smith off a drink driving charge the next in petty sessions the next and so on...get the idea ?. Take my advice and do a web search for a licenced conveyancer over there who will be able to consider every detail of your purchase, and give you a fixed fee including all disbursements, which includes dealing with your Mortgager, LA searches the Land registry etc etc.. Far better than fannying around with a Solicitor and much less hassle. My brother used these when he moved back to England from Omagh a few years back and he rates them. he is in financial services ( mortgages ) with 30 years experience of these matters so knows his stuff. Get a No Obligation quote and compare the meerkat.. simples... Good luck its a stressful but very satisfying experience buying your first home together..get some shampoo in the fridge for when you move in but be very careful... new home new baby and all that... :lol: http://www.glennsmithconveyancing.co.uk/index.html Edited June 8, 2012 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 mine was £1500 but i got hit for an extra 2 hours work as hsbcs conveyancing solicitors were soo slow and didnt respond on 5 occasions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) See a solicitor not a licensed conveyancer. Make sure you use a firm with specialist departments, not a few general practitioners. Edited June 8, 2012 by guest1957 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 ask about locally for recomendations, I've got a good local solicitor who just does conveyancing and I think the last one was £750 or so. The benefit in local is you can drop back signed documents fast so keep things moving, Your agent may recommend someone but thats got two sides they will be getting a kick back / commission but the faster your sale goes through the faster they get paid so can have an incentive to have a decent person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitchynik Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 ask about locally for recomendations, I've got a good local solicitor who just does conveyancing and I think the last one was £750 or so. The benefit in local is you can drop back signed documents fast so keep things moving, Your agent may recommend someone but thats got two sides they will be getting a kick back / commission but the faster your sale goes through the faster they get paid so can have an incentive to have a decent person. +1. My purchase a few years back was about that kind of money - excluding stamp but including all other costs like land registry etc. Definitely go for a local one and, if you can, one that's recommended to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson_tom Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) We went with the one the estate agent suggested and was about £1000 set price i think for similar priced house. We called about and all were the same sort of money. I cant remember the company or exaxt price but will check when i get home. I would use the company again as they made it very easy for us and picked up on quite a few little bits as we had some weird right of way things over our land etc. Also the advantage with using the estate agent ones is they all seem to talk as the agents are probably on comission so want it to go through quick as possible. We moved in about 2 years ago and was our first house and it all went through quite easily with very little stress, you might be able to get it done cheaper by doing things yourself etc but we didnt want to take any risks with our first home and i felt it was money well spent. Stay away from these online companies though, our friend used one and save about £400 but they took forever and had a premium rate phone line which she spent over £100 on calling them, so only saved £300. They also missed that her neighbours had right of way over her garden path to take bins etc and if she would have known would not of bought the house. Edited June 8, 2012 by ferguson_tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 We started with the company they recommened but after ALOT of argueing about the fees I told them where to go and used a local company..sorted in 2 months and cost me £800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul87 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 No helpful advice for you Ollie, but good luck in your new home hope all goes well. Moving closer to the fiance or staying closer to home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) See a solicitor not a licensed conveyancer. Make sure you use a firm with specialist departments, not a few general practitioners. Thats fine in principle but they all say they have specialist departments but when it comes down to it they dont....A licenced Conveyancer does nothing but conveyancing and will very often get information from LA and Registry searches quicker than a solicitor. In my experience they are quicker and much more efficient which makes them cheaper...However you learn by experience so shop around. I have used these people 4 times too and cant speak highly enough of their service. They are as quick as your Mortgager is at releasing the funds..my last transaction 19 working days after first agreement! and they really keep the mortgager and opposition on its toes because they know the longer its dragged out the more its going to cost them. https://www.cwpl.co.uk/ Good luck. Edited June 8, 2012 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 WHATEVER you do DON'T use one of these bucket-shop on-line call centres manned by persons of limited legal knowledge and even less grasp of the English language. You can't call them and it's a nightmare. Last time we moved the people we bought from used one and it caused the sale to almost fall through THREE times due to their incompetence. The advantage in using one the estate agent recommends is that they will be fast, agents want their commission fast and they'll recommend a firm who won't hang about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 £1500 on my first house in December 2010... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 HI Ollie I have moved about 9 times and have only used a solicitor once..it was a disaster..unless you get one dealing only in conveyancing he will be sorting out Mrs Jones divorce one day, trying to get Mr Smith off a drink driving charge the next in petty sessions the next and so on...get the idea ?. Take my advice and do a web search for a licenced conveyancer over there who will be able to consider every detail of your purchase, and give you a fixed fee including all disbursements, which includes dealing with your Mortgager, LA searches the Land registry etc etc.. Far better than fannying around with a Solicitor and much less hassle. My brother used these when he moved back to England from Omagh a few years back and he rates them. he is in financial services ( mortgages ) with 30 years experience of these matters so knows his stuff. Get a No Obligation quote and compare the meerkat.. simples... Good luck its a stressful but very satisfying experience buying your first home together..get some shampoo in the fridge for when you move in but be very careful... new home new baby and all that... :lol: http://www.glennsmithconveyancing.co.uk/index.html +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin128 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 The cheapest may not be the best. I went for the most popular large practice in town. Quess what?...when ever i rang he was always available and sorted it quick...including the nice people in county Hall who can't be asked to do a days work...IE SEARCHES. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubb699 Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) Howdy doo, we used an online company called convey law about 5 years ago cost £800 all in to buy and sell local was £1500 quotes, i was a bit worried if they would come up with the goods at the time and they certainly did i would recommend them http://www.conveylaw.com/costs-and-fees/our-conveyancing-product/ Good luck Edited June 9, 2012 by clubb699 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 No helpful advice for you Ollie, but good luck in your new home hope all goes well. Moving closer to the fiance or staying closer to home? Unfortunately I am moving closer to her; Glengormley, so at least I'll be a bit closer for the fishing trips. Although I don't know if I'll be able to afford any of them for a while . Thanks for all the advice guys, keep it coming. I have emailed a few places and all the quotes are coming in roughly the same; anything from £1,000 - £1,300 excluding stamp duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Unfortunately I am moving closer to her; Glengormley, so at least I'll be a bit closer for the fishing trips. Although I don't know if I'll be able to afford any of them for a while . Thanks for all the advice guys, keep it coming. I have emailed a few places and all the quotes are coming in roughly the same; anything from £1,000 - £1,300 excluding stamp duty. The Crown and Shamrock pub...is it still there.... had a few good night in there many years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby -doo Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 ollie , i bought my house last june , i was charged 1200 quid .greer hamilton & gailey solicitors ballymoney they were very good ! ended up got keys 3weeks early ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glensman Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Unfortunately I am moving closer to her; Glengormley, so at least I'll be a bit closer for the fishing trips. Although I don't know if I'll be able to afford any of them for a while . Thanks for all the advice guys, keep it coming. I have emailed a few places and all the quotes are coming in roughly the same; anything from £1,000 - £1,300 excluding stamp duty. You dont pay SD because you are a first time buyer mate. I used Seán Carey from Greer, Hamilton Murphy Carey (Ballymoney) because my aunt used them. He's 100%. If you tell him I put you on to him and that you don't want any hassle/**** he'll know what you mean!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby -doo Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 it was sean carey i used aswell . 1st class at his job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 You dont pay SD because you are a first time buyer mate. I used Seán Carey from Greer, Hamilton Murphy Carey (Ballymoney) because my aunt used them. He's 100%. If you tell him I put you on to him and that you don't want any hassle/**** he'll know what you mean!! That all changed earlier this year, first time buyers now pay stamp duty. I got a Solicitor for £2,100 all in, including the stamp duty so I think I got a very good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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