Price & Service Information

Conveyancing

Price & Service Information

Every property transaction is different and our conveyancing services are tailored to our clients’ particular individual needs. We provide a fixed conveyancing fee estimate based on the type of property, its location and the complexity of the transaction.

As a firm we provide a specific quotation on each transaction carefully considering the actual features of your sale and purchase and then stick to it. If the transaction then turns out to be more involved or complicated than expected we won’t charge any additional fees.

Further if the transaction falls through for any reason, we don’t charge anything for the legal work we have carried out up to that point. You may however still be charged for any disbursements we have incurred on your behalf.

We are transparent about our pricing and we do not include any hidden costs or add-on charges. We will always advise you about any complications and discuss potential additional costs should they arise.

The complexity of your instructions and the location of your property will determine which conveyancer within our team will work on your matter. This ensures that the fee earner with the correct level of experience and expertise will be dealing with your transaction.

We deal with a wide range of conveyancing work – from freehold sales to shared ownership new build leases and this makes it difficult to provide a narrow range of price information but below is a guide to our legal costs, disbursements, and the service you can expect together with anticipated timescales.

Fees

Where VAT is stated to be payable this is currently at a rate of 20%

Our costs in a freehold residential sale will range upwards from £1,100.00 plus VAT to £1,500.00 plus VAT.

Our costs for a leasehold residential sale will range upwards from £1,200.00 plus VAT to £1,600.00 plus VAT.

Our costs in a freehold residential purchase will range upwards from £1,200.00 plus VAT to £1,600.00 plus VAT.

Our costs for a leasehold residential purchase will range upwards from £1,500.00 plus VAT to £2,300.00 plus VAT.

Our costs for a Re-mortgage will range upwards of £700.00 plus VAT to £850.00 plus VAT

Our costs for a Transfer of Equity matter will be upwards of £700.00 plus VAT to £850.00 plus VAT.  

Our costs for a Re-mortgage and Transfer of Equity together will range upwards of £800.00 plus VAT to £1,000.00 plus VAT.

What is included in our fees?

When you instruct us, our fees will include all the work needed to complete your property transaction and all the various stages involved. Below is a guide to the different stages involved in a purchase and sale transaction.

Residential Purchase

  • Take initial instructions and carry out initial identification checks and anti-money laundering requirements. We are required by law to make these checks. We will also check your source of funds and the finances in place to fund the purchase.
  • Review the Purchase Contract, information forms and title deeds along with any other documents received from the sellers solicitors including any lease/leasehold sale pack
  • Conduct relevant searches, review and report to you on the results
  • Raise enquiries with the seller’s solicitor
  • Give advice on the documents and information received.
  • Go through conditions of your mortgage offer.
  • Report to your mortgage lender and ensure that all requirements of your mortgage offer are satisfied.
  • Advise on joint ownership if applicable.
  • Draft transfer documentation
  • Send papers to you for signature.
  • Prepare a completion statement setting out the balance due from you
  • Agree a completion date and exchange contracts.
  • Carry out pre-completion searches.
  • Arrange for monies to be received from you and your lender.
  • Complete purchase.
  • Arrange payment of Stamp Duty/Land Tax and submit return on your behalf.
  • Arrange registration of your purchase at the Land Registry.
  • Serve notices as required on any freeholder/management company.
  • Closing and archiving your file in accordance with our archiving policy.
  • Keeping you and any relevant third parties updated throughout the transaction as appropriate.  

Residential Sale

  • Take initial instructions and carry out initial identification checks and anti-money laundering requirements. We are required by law to make these checks.
  • Obtain title deeds and other documents from the Land Registry.
  • Obtain redemption statements from your mortgage lender(s).
  • Check the title documents and other information we receive from you in respect of the property so that we can spot any issues at the outset
  • Draft a contract and prepare paperwork to be emailed to the buyers conveyancer.
  • Deal with any enquiries from the buyers conveyancer, liaising with you where necessary.
  • Liaise with your estate agent.
  • Arrange for you to sign the contract and transfer deed documents.
  • Exchange contracts.
  • Calculate any apportionments of ground rent and service charge.
  • Obtain final redemption statements from your lender(s).  
  • Complete the sale.
  • Repay any mortgage accounts.
  • Close and archive your file in accordance with our archiving policy.
  • Keep you and any relevant third parties updated throughout the transaction as appropriate. 

Disbursements

Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties such as Land Registry fees or search fees. We will deal with payment of these on your behalf. We request money on account at the start of your matter to cover the initial costs of these disbursements. Please note that disbursements are not part of our legal fees and the amounts are set by the third party we instruct.

We ask for £300.00 on account for a Purchase transaction and £100.00 for a sale transaction. These funds are credited when calculating funds to you or from you on completion.

Typical disbursements to be included in a Sale of a property will be:

Identification Checks. In order to comply with the legal rules of the Solicitors Regulation Authority we are required to check and verify the identity of our clients and anyone gifting money towards the transaction. We undertake searches against our clients using a third party.    £14.40 per person includes VAT
Land Registry Fees. We incur these when we need to obtain title documents for the property.          Typically, between £6.00 to £20.00 (no VAT payable)
Indemnity Insurance Policy Premium. If your property has a defective title or there has been a breach of building regulations or a certificate is missing, then you may be asked by your buyer’s conveyance to obtain an insurance policy.  The cost of this will depend on the nature of the breach and the value of the property.
Freeholder/Management Pack Fee. If the property is leasehold, or freehold with a  management company, we will need to obtain a management pack providing details of service charges, ground rent, insurance etc. The fee is normally paid-up front by you to your landlord/management company.  We estimate that the cost of such a pack is between £300 and £500 (plus VAT)
Electronic Transfer Fee. This covers the fee charged by our bank to send money to your lender to redeem the mortgage. We will also charge this if there are any monies due back to you on completion of the sale. £30.00 plus VAT per transfer

Typical disbursements to be included in a Purchase of a property will be:

Identification and source of funds check. In order to comply with the legal rules of the Solicitors Regulation Authority we are required to check and verify the identity of our clients and anyone gifting money towards the transaction. We undertake searches against our clients using a third party.  £14.40 per person to include anyone gifting money towards the transaction. Fee includes VAT.
Searches. We will carry out a range of searches including a search at the local authority, a water/drainage search, and an environmental/flood search. There may be additional searches required if you are purchasing in certain areas of the country.  Approximately £300 (including VAT)
Land Registry and Bankruptcy Searches (pre-completion searches)  £3.00 for each title and £2.00 per name (no VAT payable)
Land Registry Registration Fee. This is the  fee payable to the Land Registry to register you as the new owner. The fee is based on the value of the property. We will provide you with the fee when we send you our initial quote.  Further information can be found on the website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees
Electronic Transfer Fee. This covers the fee charged by our bank to send money to the seller’s solicitor on completion.£30.00 plus VAT per transfer

Stamp Duty (England) or Land Transaction Tax (Wales) on a purchase

The amount of SDLT or LTT payable will depend on the purchase price of the property and individual client circumstances (for example there are reliefs for first time buyers and additional tax for second homes). The government provides a SDLT calculator which you can access on the government website https://www.stampdutycalculator.org.uk/

Additional Anticipated Disbursements for Leasehold Properties and Freehold Properties with a Management Company

It is quite common for landlords/management companies to charge a fee to register an incoming purchaser and we would recommend putting aside £200-£500 to cover this fee although it can be more (or less) depending on the landlord/management company.

On completion of a leasehold purchase or a purchase where there is a management company charge (service charge/maintenance charge/rent-charge) you would be expected to reimburse the seller for any service charge/maintenance charge/rent-charge/ground rent paid in advance or past the day of completion.

Unfortunately, these sums vary widely from development to development and it is not possible to be more specific until we have sight of the landlord/management company information pack from the seller’s solicitor.

Other Services

ID1 forms        Our fees for completing an ID form are £100.00 plus VAT.

Swearing Fee  To have a document sworn by a Solicitor/Commissioner for Oaths there is a standard set fee of £5.00 plus £2.00 for every attachment, payable on the day, in cash, with no VAT applicable.

Assent             To prepare an Assent of unregistered land, we charge £700.00 plus VAT to £850.00 plus VAT

How long will my transaction take?

How long it will take to complete your transaction from your offer being accepted until you can move into your new home will depend on several factors, some of which are out of our control. The average transaction takes between 10-12 weeks and can be quicker or slower depending on the parties in the chain and the complexity of the case. For leasehold matters we would advise allowing 12-16 weeks to complete.

We will always work to progress your matter as quickly as possible and we will do all we can to achieve this.

For details of our conveyancing team please see our team page on our website.

We pride ourselves on good customer service and clients can be reassured that they will be able to contact their conveyancer and the team throughout the transaction. We strongly believe our fees offer value for money and we hope at Angel Wilkins that you’ll find our legal costs competitive and our legal service second to none!

Wills, LPA & Tax Planning | Probate

Price & Service Information

We appreciate that the loss of a loved one can be very difficult. Our experienced probate team can provide clarity and guidance during this stressful time. Please visit our team page on our website to read the qualifications and experience of the key contacts of our probate department.

We would encourage you to telephone and speak to our probate department in the first instance. They will take some brief details about the nature of our enquiry, provide you with an estimate of our fees and explain the process involved and how long it is likely to take. By speaking to us, we can tailor this information to the circumstances of your query and the complexity of the case when giving you an estimate of our fees. 

Wills

As a guideline and where wills are simple and straightforward, we offer a fixed fee.  

For a single will our fees are £400.00 plus VAT.

For mirror wills for couples are fees are £550.00 plus VAT.

These fees include taking initial client instructions, preparing initial draft documents for client approval, finalising the documents, and arranging signature of the wills plus any correspondence with you through the course of the work involved.

For Asset Protection Trust Wills, we offer a fee of £700.00 plus VAT.

Once we have a good idea of what is involved and what you want to achieve, we can give you a more detailed estimate of cost.

Where VAT is stated to be payable this is currently at a rate of 20%

Lasting Powers of Attorney and Tax Planning

We offer fixed fees for Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA).

  • For an individual LPA we charge £400.00 plus VAT.
  • For a couple our costs are £550.00 plus VAT for one LPA each.

In addition to the above costs, there is a fee payable to the Office of the Public Guardian on registration of each LPA. This fee is currently £82.00 (VAT not applicable).

Probate

Managing someone’s estate after they have died, can be a stressful and complex process. We believe that the legal costs of dealing with probate should be clear and we provide as best we can the timescales involved to provide you with reassurance.

It can be difficult to estimate the likely fee before we know the nature and complexity of the estate and the work involved.  We would always meet with you at the outset to ascertain the amount of work required and our likely fee. This will depend on all aspects of the probate and whether you intend to administer some areas of the estate yourself.

As a guide, we have provided below an indication of our fees: 

For simple estates, our fees range from £800.00 plus VAT.

For more complex matters our fees can range between £1,500.00 plus VAT to £2,500.00 plus VAT.

Based on current estimates, a simple probate takes about 12 weeks.

There may be other additional legal costs which arise as your matter progresses. We will advise you of these if applicable.

Disbursements

As well as our fees there may be additional costs incurred by the Estate. These are separate to our legal fees and are referred to as disbursements.

These fees are payable to third parties and we will deal with payment on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

For probate the anticipated disbursements are:

Court Application fee:                        £273.00 (no VAT applicable)

Copy of the Grant of Probate:            £1.50 per copy (we obtain 5 copies) no VAT applicable.

Land Registry fee:                               £3.00 (no VAT applicable)

ID checks per person:                         £15.00 (includes VAT)

Probate Work

The work we complete when dealing with probate and estates will include the following:

  • A dedicated and experienced probate team working on your matter.
  • Identify appointed executors or administrators of the estate and any beneficiaries.
  • Accurately identify the correct probate application required.
  • Obtain all relevant documents needed to make the application.
  • Complete the probate application and the relevant HMRC forms.
  • Make the application to the Probate Office on your behalf.
  • Obtain the Probate and sealed copies.
  • Collect and distribute assets from the estate.