For information on our residential conveyancing charges please choose the applicable option out of 1. Basic Charges and see if any of the options out of 2. Additional Factors apply.   We have listed likely disbursements at 3. Disbursements, though these are to be used as an indication only and are subject to change.

1. Basic Charges 

Freehold Sale or Purchase

Freehold Sale

to include submitting Property Information to the Buyers’ Solicitors and replying to enquiries before Contract; deducing your Title to the property; exchanging Contracts on your behalf and completing the sale; redeeming mortgage (if any); including correspondence, incidental attendances and telephone conversations.

Price of Property	Our charges plus VAT at 20%
Less than £250,000	£875.00
£250,000 to £500,000	£925.00
£500,000 to £750,000	£1,095.00
£750,000 to £1million	£1,325.00
£1million +	Minimum £1,495.00
* Freehold – where there is a management company dealing with communal areas or services please see leasehold prices

Freehold Purchase

to include instituting all necessary searches and enquiries on your behalf; agreeing and settling form of Contract and Transfer; reporting to you upon the terms of the purchase; exchanging Contracts on your behalf and completing the purchase; complying with Inland Revenue and Land Registry formalities; to include acting for your lender (if any) on the mortgage of the property; to include all incidental attendances, correspondence and telephone conversations.

Price of Property	Our charges plus VAT at 20%
Less than £250,000	£925.00
£250,000 to £500,000	£1,025.00
£500,000 to £750,000	£1,195.00
£750,000 to £1million	£1,425.00
£1million +	Minimum £1,650.00
* Freehold – where there is a management company dealing with communal areas or services please see leasehold prices

Leasehold Sale or Purchase

Leasehold Sale

As Freehold Sale and also obtaining and providing Leasehold Information Form, settling service charge and ground rent apportionments, obtaining Licence to Assign as necessary

Price of Property	Our charges plus VAT (if applicable) at 20%
Less than £250,000	£1,175.00
£250,000 to £500,000	£1,275.00
£500,000 to £750,000	£1,395.00
£750,000 to £1million	£1,550.00
£1million +	Minimum £1,795.00

Leasehold Purchase

As Freehold Purchase and also reporting to you upon the terms of the Lease and the service charge details, agreeing service charge and ground rent apportionments; dealing with Notice of Assignment and Charge, Deed of Covenant as necessary

Price of Property	Our charges plus VAT (if applicable) at 20%
Less than £250,000	£1,250.00
£250,000 to £500,000	£1,395.00
£500,000 to £750,000	£1,475.00
£750,000 to £1million	£1,750.00
£1million +	Minimum £1,995.00

2. Additional Factors that may apply (per item)

Factor	Our charges plus VAT at 20%
Acting for your mortgage lender	£250.00
Digital registration of title at Land Registry	£75.00
Dealing with Help to Buy Equity Loan	£325.00
Dealing with Help to Buy ISA Bonus	£60.00
New build/conversion Property	£350.00
Shared Ownership sale or purchase	£275.00
Dealing with a gifted deposit, including liaising with your lender	£100.00
CHAPS Transfer Administration fee for sending money you, solicitors or lender	£20.00
Preparing or approving a Statutory Declaration	£150.00
Arranging for Insurance Indemnity Policy or allowance in respect of	£50.00
Dealing with a Licence to Assign	£95.00
Agreeing key undertaking for access	£50.00
Arrangements in connection with existing tenancy	£150.00
Straightforward Declaration of Trust	£375.00
Approving or agreeing a retention with the buyer/seller’s solicitors	£100.00
If it transpires there is a management company for the estate	Charged at leasehold prices – please contact us for an amended quotation.
Dealing with Cladding Enquiries including relating to EWS1 and Deed of Certificate	Starting from £125 plus VAT
Completion Expedition Fee – where less than 7 days in between exchange and completion	£150.00

3. Disbursements (we do not make any profit from disbursements)

Disbursement	Approximate Charge (including  VAT (if applicable) at 20%)
Online Money Laundering (ID) check (per person)	£20.34
Purchaser Source of Funds Check (per person)	£16.74
Solicitor Account check	£18.00
Stamp Duty Land Tax	Please see HMRC Website for Information or contact us direct. Stamp Duty Land Tax: Overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Standard Search Package – includes local, environmental and drainage and water. Approx.	£600.00
CHAPS Transfer Bank Fee	£18.00
Land Registry search	£3.00
Land Registry registration fees	Please see Land Registry Website for Information or contact us direct. HM Land Registry – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Land Registry documents	£20.00
Land Charges search (per name)	£2.00
Company searches	£5.99
Leasehold Information Pack/Freehold Management Information Pack	Please contact the landlord/management company for details – you should allow £200 to £300 for these but they could be more.
Notice of Assignment/Charge, Deed of Covenant, Licence to Assign fees	Please contact the landlord/management company for details – you should allow £200 to £300 for these but they could be more

Fee earner undertaking the work

Generally residential conveyancing work is either dealt with by Miss Jennifer Lee, a Solicitor who qualified in 2010, or Miss Kimberley Borland, a Licensed Conveyancer, who qualified in 2010.

VAT: To find out whether VAT at the rate of 20% will be added to our charges and as to whether it will be payable on disbursements, please click here.

All prices current as at 31st March 2024. Where VAT is payable it will normally be payable at 20%.  We cannot provide pricing information for every single circumstance and the prices given are an indication only.   For a tailor-made quotation please contact jkl@leeandcompany.co.uk or kpb@leeandcompany.co.uk or call 01276 20911. We normally charge on a fixed fee basis but we reserve the right to increase/vary our fees if your matter becomes more complicated or requires more attention than anticipated. If your transaction becomes abortive, we will charge a reasonable proportion of what would have been our total fees having regard to the amount of work we have undertaken up to the date when the transaction becomes abortive.