Service	Fee Amount (Excl. VAT)	VAT Amount (20%)	Total Amount (Incl. VAT)
Charges Based on Estate’s Gross Value
£250,000 to £2 million
1.5% plus VAT for the first £500,000	£7,500	£1,500	£9,000
1% plus VAT for the next £500,000	£5,000	£1,000	£6,000
0.5% plus VAT for amounts over £1 million	£5,000	£1,000	£6,000
Example: Estate valued at £1.5 million	£15,000	£3,000	£18,000
Estates over £2 million	Variable	Variable	Variable
Estates below £250,000	Hourly Rates   £200 -£350	£40 – £70	£240 – £370
Example: Estate under £250,000	£2,500 – £4,500	£500 – £900	£3,000 – £5,400
Additional Fees
Probate Application Fee	£300	–	£300
– Copies (per copy)	£1.50	–	£1.50
Will Search Fee	£114	£22.80	£136.80
Bankruptcy Searches (per beneficiary)	£7.80	–	£7.80
Statutory Notices	£160	£32	£192
Land Registry Fees (per search)	£8.80	–	£8.80
Shareholdings Costs (Sales/Transfers)	Variable	Variable	Variable
Obtaining a Grant of Probate
– Valid will, no inheritance tax	£1,000	£200	£1,200
– Valid will, full inheritance tax account	From £2,000	From £400	From £2,400
– Inheritance tax payable	From £2,500	From £500	From £3,000
Grant of Probate and Additional Work	Hourly Rates	Variable	Variable

Conveyancing  

 

 

Costs  

Our minimum fee for any transaction is £1,500 (plus VAT) and disbursements. 

Average fees, based on the sale or purchase of a freehold or leasehold property for a price of under £800,000 are as follows: 

PURCHASE COSTS
	FREEHOLD	LEASEHOLD
Legal fees	£1,500 + VAT	£1,800 + VAT
Telegraphic transfer fee (deposit, completion monies and SDLT)	£20+ VAT	£20 + VAT
Land registry fee	Varies	Varies (link to land registry fee calculator pls : https://fee-calculator.landregistry.gov.uk/ )
Bankruptcy search (per person)	£7.80	£7.80
Land registry pre completion search	£8.80 per document	£8.80 per document
Search pack* (Local / drainage / environmental / chancel)	£500	£500
Notice fees*	n/a	£100 + VAT
VAT	20%	20%
Total cost (incl. VAT)	varies	varies

NOTE:  

VAT is chargeable at 20% where applicable. 

Stamp Duty Land Tax is payable on a purchase.  The amount will depend on the value of the property and your circumstances. You can obtain an indication of the likely amount on the government’s website (link to SDLT calculator) 

The sums marked with an asterisk are fees payable to third parties. These fees vary from property to property and fact dependant. We will be able to provide accurate figures once we have contacted the parties involved in your transaction. 

  

SALE COSTS
	FREEHOLD	LEASEHOLD
Legal Fees	£1,500 + VAT	£1,800 + VAT
Telegraphic transfer fee (proceeds to you and to bank)	£20 + VAT	£20 + VAT
Land Registry title fee	£8.80 per document	£8.80 per document
Managing agent’s information pack*	n/a	Varies
Landlord’s licence to assign / deed of covenant*	n/a	varies
VAT	20%	20%
Total cost (incl. VAT)	varies	varies

NOTE: 

The sums marked with an asterisk are fees payable to third parties. These fees vary from property to property. There is no accepted amount and on occasion they can be significantly more than estimated above. We will be able to provide accurate figures once we have contacted the parties involved in your transaction. 

 For all transactions exceeding £800,000, please contact us for an estimate. 

Matters likely to affect the cost  

• Value of the property 

• Urgency of instruction 

• New Builds 

• Listed buildings requiring planning review and advice 

• Refurbished properties that may require planning and construction review and advice 

• Company involvement (additional searches at Companies House / company resolutions) 

• Gifts from 3rd parties 

• Buildings falling within the Building Safety Act 2022 definition  

 

The key stages involved in the sale or purchase of any residential property are: 

 

Purchase 

• Take your instructions and complete our identification and money laundering checks including verifying source of wealth and funds 

• Check finances are in place to fund purchase and contact lender’s solicitors if needed 

• Receive and advise on contract documents 

• Carry out searches 

• Receive a copy of your surveyor’s report on the physical aspects of the property and liaise further as necessary 

• Obtain further planning documentation if required 

• Make any necessary enquiries of seller’s solicitor 

• Give you advice on all documents and information received in a comprehensive report on title 

• Go through conditions of mortgage offer 

• Advise you on joint ownership 

• Draft Transfer 

• Agree completion date (date from which you own the property) 

• Send final contract to you for signature with request for the deposit 

• Exchange contracts and notify you that this has happened 

• Obtain pre-completion searches   

• Arrange for all monies needed to be received from lender and you 

• Complete purchase 

• Deal with payment of Stamp Duty/Land Tax 

• Serve any post completion notices (eg notice of assignment / charge) 

• Deal with application for registration at Land Registry 

Sale 

• Take your instructions and complete our identification and money laundering checks including verifying source of wealth and funds 

• Provide you with standard property questionnaires to complete 

• Check sale proceeds will be sufficient to discharge any existing mortgages on the Property 

• Draft contract documents and prepare sales pack 

• With your help, respond to  any enquiries by the  buyer’s  solicitor 

• Agree the contract and transfer with the buyer’s solicitor. 

• Agree completion date (date on which the property is transferred to the buyer) 

• Send final contract to you for signature 

• Exchange contracts and notify you that this has happened 

• Send transfer to you for signature 

• Complete sale 

• Send monies to lender to obtain discharge of any mortgage 

• Pay selling agent from sale proceeds (if agreed) 

• Return remaining funds to you.