Our fees set out below cover all of the work reasonably required to complete the sale of your owner occupied home at a price below £500,000.00 and to redeem your mortgage, if you have one.

Our fees and disbursements

  • Legal fee £1075.00
  • Electronic money transfer fee £35.00 (each)
  • File archiving fee £10.00
  • Office copies £12 (disbursement not subject to VAT)
  • VAT payable £215.40

Estimated total: £1400.40

If you have more than one mortgage and / or any other legal charge or restriction registered against the property, our charges will be higher and a tailored estimate will be provided on request.

A management pack usually has to be obtained from the freeholder or their agent at a cost of £250.00 – 400.00 plus VAT.

If your sale price is between £500,001.00 and £750,000.00, we will generally charge an additional fee of £120 including VAT. If your sale price is between £750,001.00 and £1,000,000.00, we will generally charge an additional fee of £426.00 including VAT.

If your sale price is above £1 million, our charges will be higher and a tailored estimate will be provided on request.

If you ask for your matter to be dealt with by a partner in the firm or a solicitor consultant an uplift of 25% will generally apply to our estimated fees.

Our estimate assumes that :

  • You co-operate in promptly providing instructions and documents we may request from you and that a reasonable level of contact takes place between us (we define reasonable contact as our spending no more than one hour dealing with your telephone calls, emails and letters over the course of your transaction)
  • There are no linked transactions
  • The property is not in London
  • The legal title of the property you are selling is not defective and no part of the property comprises unregistered land
  • Any necessary building regulations or planning permissions are in place

Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

If your sale does not complete, we reserve the right to charge you a percentage of our estimated legal fee for the work we have undertaken. You are referred to the stages of the process below. We will charge you up to 25%, on opening your file and beginning correspondence, 25% to 50% if we have prepared or received contract papers and have started to deal with enquiries, 50% to 75%, if we have completed all enquiries and the matter is otherwise ready for exchange of contracts, 75% to 100%, if contracts have been exchanged. Please note that if any search or money transfer fees have become due or disbursements paid out, they will be payable in full

How long will my house sale take?

How long it will take from your accepting an offer on your property until your sale completes will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between 6-12 weeks.

It can be quicker or slower, depending on whether your sale is part of a chain. For example, if your buyer has nothing to sell and is purchasing with without a mortgage, it could take less than 4 weeks. If you are selling a leasehold property and your buyer requires for example an extension of the lease, this can take significantly longer, possibly between 3 and 6 months. In such, a situation additional charges will also apply.

Stages of the process

The precise stages involved in the sale of a residential property vary according to the circumstances. However, we set out below the key stages of the conveyancing process:

  • Take your instructions, provide initial advice and send you our client care pack
  • Confirm your identity
  • Draft and send your buyer contract documents
  • Respond to any enquiries from your buyer's solicitor
  • Give you advice on all documents and information requested
  • Obtain a redemption figure from your lender, if you have a mortgage
  • Send the final contract to you for signature
  • Agree a completion date (date from which your buyer will own the property)
  • Exchange contracts and notify you that this has happened
  • Arrange for all monies needed to be received from buyer
  • Complete the sale
  • Redeem any mortgage or charge and account to you for any net proceeds of sale

A profile of all of our residential conveyancing staff is available on this website via the links below :

UK Top Tier Firm 2022 Lexcel Practice Management Standard Birmingham Law Firm of the Year for 2021 Resolution Collaborative Family Lawyer
The Law Society Accredited in Family Law Conveyancing Quality Scheme