Residential Purchase – Price List
Overview
Our fees aim to cover all the work required to complete the purchase of your home. Our fees cover all the work required to complete the purchase of your new home, including dealing with registration at the Land Registry and dealing with the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (Stamp Duty) if the property is in England, or Land Transaction Tax (Land Tax) if the property is in Wales.
Our fee assumes that:
- This is a standard transaction and that no unforeseen matters arise including for example (but not limited to) a defect in title which requires remedying prior to completion or the preparation of additional documents ancillary to the main transaction
- If a leasehold property, our costs are based on the assignment of an existing lease and is not the grant of a new lease
- The transaction is concluded in a timely manner and no unforeseen complication arise
- All parties to the transaction are co-operative and there is no unreasonable delay from third parties providing documentation
- No indemnity policies are required. Additional disbursements may apply if indemnity policies are required.
What we charge:
Our Consultant Solicitors / FCILEX and CLC lawyers charge hourly rates from £200.00 to £350.00. All rates depend on seniority of the individual and the practice area. On request, we may offer to work on a fixed fee or contingency basis. In these exemptional cases, fees are discussed and agreed before we start work.
Services
| Property Value |
Legal Fee |
| Up to £500,000 |
£1,800 plus VAT |
| £500,001 – £1,000,000 |
£2,500 plus VAT |
| £1,000,001 – £2,000,000 |
£3,100 plus VAT |
| £2,000,001 – £3,000,000 |
£4,675 plus VAT |
| 3,000,001 – £5,000,000 |
£5,200 plus VAT |
| £5,000,001 to £10,000,000 |
£15,000 plus VAT |
Disbursements
Please note the list of disbursements is not exhaustive depending on the circumstances involved.
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as search fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. There are certain disbursements which will be set out in the individual lease relating to the Property. The disbursements which we anticipate will apply are set out separately below. This list is not exhaustive and other disbursements may apply depending on the term of the lease. We will update you on the specific fees upon receipt and review of the lease from the seller’s solicitors.
| Disbursement |
Price |
|
Bankruptcy Search
£2.00 per name plus VAT at 20%
|
£2.00 |
Excluding VAT |
Pre-Contract Searches Approx.
£305.00 plus VAT at 20% |
£350.00 |
Excluding VAT |
Bank Transfer Fee
£45.00 plus VAT at 20% |
£45.00 |
Excluding VAT |
OS1 Search
£3.00 per title plus VAT at 20% |
£3.00 |
Excluding VAT |
Land Registration Fee (payable direct to HMLR)
Dependent upon property value see link for further details: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fees-hm-land-registry-guides VAT not applicable |
£0.00 |
Excluding VAT |
| Stamp Duty Land Tax / Welsh Stamp Duty (LTT)Dependent upon property value see link for further details: https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax VAT not applicable |
£0.00 |
Excluding VAT |
AML Search
£6.00 per name plus VAT at 20% |
£6.00 |
Excluding VAT |
Lawyer Check
£12.00 plus VAT at 20% |
£12.00 |
Excluding VAT |
*Leasehold Fee
£200.00 plus VAT at 20% |
£200.00 |
Excluding VAT |
*Deed of Covenant (payable to Management Company)
It is not known whether VAT applies as this is a third party cost, this will be confirmed once enquiries have been made. |
£50.00 – £150.00 |
Excluding VAT |
*Notice of Transfer (payable to Management Company)
It is not known whether VAT applies as this is a third party cost, this will be confirmed once enquiries have been made. |
£50.00 – £150.00 |
Excluding VAT |
*Notice of Charge (payable to Management Company)
It is not known whether VAT applies as this is a third party cost, this will be confirmed once enquiries have been made. |
£50.00 – £150.00 |
Excluding VAT |
*Compliance Certificate (payable to Management Company)
It is not known whether VAT applies as this is a third-party cost, this will be confirmed once enquiries have been made. |
£50.00 – £150.00 |
Excluding VAT |
*These fees vary from property to property and can on occasion be significantly more than the ranges given above. We can give you an accurate figure once we have sight of your specific documents.
You should also be aware that ground rent and service charge are likely to apply throughout your ownership of the property. We will confirm the ground rent and the anticipated service charge as soon as this we receive this information.
Key Stages and Timescales
How long it will take from your offer being accepted until you can move into your house will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between 8-12 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 6-8 weeks. However, if you are buying a leasehold property that requires an extension of the lease, this can take significantly longer, between 2 and 3 months. In such, a situation additional charges would apply.
Stages of the process
The precise stages involved in the purchase of a residential property vary according to the circumstances. However, below we have suggested some key stages that you may wish to include:
- Take your instructions and give you initial advice
- Check finances are in place to fund purchase and contact lender’s solicitors if needed
- Receive and advise on contract documents
- Carry out searches
- Obtain further planning documentation if required
- Make any necessary enquiries of seller’s solicitor
- Give you advice on all documents and information received
- Go through conditions of mortgage offer with you
- Send final contract to you for signature
- Agree completion date (date from which you own the property)
- Exchange contracts and notify you that this has happened
- Arrange for all monies needed to be received from lender and you
- Complete purchase
- Deal with payment of Stamp Duty/Land Tax
- Deal with application for registration at Land Registry
Professionals
Marcia Lopes
Consultant CILEX
Qualification Educational Institution
CILEX – qualified in 2008
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property – 100%
Melanie Lawrence
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2006
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property 100%
Emma Warner-Reed
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2000
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property 100%
Deborah Swanwick
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1994
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property 50%
Commercial Property 50%
Jayne Atkinson
CILEX Fellow
Qualification Educational Institution
CILEX Fellow (FCILEX) Qualified in 2007
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property 100%
Daniel Wong
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2003
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Commercial Property 15 year(s) 40%
Landlord & Tenant 15 year(s) 30%
Residential Property 15 year(s) 20%
Immigration Law 15 year(s) 10%
Lorna Lewis
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2013
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property 17 year(s) 50%
Commercial Property 17 year(s) 50%
Anushka Dosanjh
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1992
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 28 year(s) 40%
Corporate Commercial & Finance 28 year(s) 60%
Jamal Khalil
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2013
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property 12 year(s) 35%
Family 12 year(s) 30%
Crime 12 year(s) 35%
Ruth Burrell
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2008
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 12 year(s) 100%
Michael Christopher
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2000
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Private Client 20 year(s) 80%
Property Law 20 year(s) 20%
Jack Marriott
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1975
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 45 year(s) 100%
Robert Young
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2006
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 14 year(s) 100%
Jonathan Sara
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2003
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 17 year(s) 100%
Tamasin Curtis
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2009
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 11 year(s) 50%
Private Client 11 year(s) 50%
Marshall Levine
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1981
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Construction Law 39 year(s) 35%
Property Law 39 year(s) 35%
Private Client 39 year(s) 30%
Zaheer Bashir
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2009
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 11 year(s) 100%
Annest Smith
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Advocate Qualified in 2010
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Litigation 11 year(s) 80%
Property Law 11 year(s) 20%
Adrian Hansford
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified 1999
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 22 year(s) 100%
Amardeep Nangla
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2006
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 15 year(s) 100%
Badar Zaman
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2017
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 4 year(s) 100%
Michael Keeling
Consultant
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2014
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 7 year(s) 50%
Private Client 7 year(s) 50%
Nick Dymond
Consultant
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2006
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property 15 year(s) 100%
David Durkin-Finch
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2014
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property 8 year(s) 50%
Personal Injury 8 year(s) 50%
Nadeem Akhtar
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1999
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property 23 year(s) 50%
Corporate Commercial 23 year(s) 50%
Paul O’Flynn
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2007
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 15 year(s) 50%
Mergers & Acquisitions 50 year(s) 50%
Tony Earl
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2009
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property 13 year(s) 100%
Wesley Emms
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2008
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 14 year(s) 35%
Private Client 14 year(s) 35%
Employment 14 year(s) 30%
Asad Mahmood
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2004
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 18 year(s) 35%
Private Client Law 18 year(s) 35%
Family Law 18 year(s) 30%
Julia Hurren
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1997
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 25 year(s) 100%
Emma Rowe
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2004
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 18 year(s) 100%
Zahrah Aullybocus
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2011
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 11 year(s) 100%
Georgina Lingard
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2008
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 15 year(s) 100%
Stephen Thomas
Consultant Conveyancer
Qualification Educational Institution
N/a N/a
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 20 year(s) 100%
Samuel Ogden
Property Lawyer & Advocate
Qualification Educational Institution
FCILEX Qualified in 2021
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 6 year(s) 100%
Tabriz Rashid
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2011
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 12 year(s) 50%
Litigation 12 year(s) 50%
Robert McLean
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2005
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 18 year(s) 100%
Ellen-Marie Parker
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 2016
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 7 year(s) 100%
Jack Cranage
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1993
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 30 year(s) 100%
Michael Day
Consultant
Qualification Educational Institution
cILEX Qualified in 1995
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 29 year(s) 100%
Samantha Hinton
Consultant
Qualification Educational Institution
CLC Qualified in 2016
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 14 year(s) 100%
Tim Southern
Consultant Solicitor
Qualification Educational Institution
Solicitor Qualified in 1980
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Property Law 43 year(s) 100%
Julie Mortimer
Consultant Conveyancer
Qualification Educational Institution
CLC Qualified in 2023
Areas of Law Practiced Experience Time Spent
Residential Property – 100%
