What can I expect to pay for conveyancing?
Although conveyancing can be done personally, it is a complicated process and best undertaken by either a solicitor or licensed conveyancer.
Licensed conveyancers and solicitors structure their fees differently, some will charge a percentage of the the property value, while others will charge a fixed fee.
In addition to fees are disbursements, which are set costs payable to other parties. These costs are standard and include stamp duty, VAT, local authority and other relevent searches and postage- simply any other costs incurred by the solicitor or conveyancer carrying out the work.
There are many excellent service providers online and a cursory search on Google for Conveyancing Solicitors will usually return a good selection of reliable, cost effective providers.
It is essential to get a full breakdown of costs from your conveyancing solicitor. When £99 conveyancing is advertised online this means the solicitors charge £99 for their services. As said in this post there are other costs, that cannot be avoided, associated with conveyancing that are additional – any other aolicitor will have to charge these as well, by law. Just make sure you use a solicitor so that you can relax in the knowledge they are a professional, legal firm.