Am I being scammed - Solicitor

[cheekybunny]

Husband and I are buying our first home. We’ve just been quotes £3500 for solicitor fees. We live in Scotland. Are purchasing through LIFT but I’m absolutely blown away by the cost of this as we were told to expect around the £2000 mark. I just feel like we are being scammed 😭

We paid 2175 Inc vat for a completion in May in Scotland plus stamp duty of course. Don't think I know what lift is.

Just because the amount is higher than you thought that doesn't mean the quote is a scam

Who told you to expect around £2000? Is the £3500 with or without VAT? What is included in the quote? Is it an estimate or fixed fee?

seems to be ALOT higher than others have paid - so yes potentially is a scam as they could be using our vulnerability as first time buyers to their advantage.

Perthshire if that helps.

Well get a couple more quotes from other firms then. They might just be a more expensive firm - doesn't mean it's a scam.

Exactly this. Not sure how it’s a scam.

Christ you’d think you worked for the firm. Ur comments are totally useless 😂 u think I don’t already know that.

Scam? Is it a proper law firm? You don’t seem to understand the difference between a scam and a charge that’s higher than you want to pay

Just because someone’s quoting higher than you want, doesn’t make it a scam

Dunno why you’re chiming in? How much did you pay for your solicitor fees?

It's not a scam to tell you upfront how much they will charge!

Can you read? I said I feel like I am being scammed. If you’re going to comment at least comment something with something helpful otherwise move on ta

Well you're the one asking the question and assuming a quote must be a scam because you were told (and I note you're not telling us who or when, etc) that it would be lower.

Why would I tell you what firm has quoted us this and at what point did I say we never looked into other quotes? Move on

Are you actually buying a real house? You don't sound old enough.

Whooooaaah
Bad attitude OP

But your thread title says "Am I Being Scammed" and everyone is just answering.

Buying with a government scheme is likely to increase the cost as there is more paperwork involved. To know what the going rate is for that particular property, with that particular method of purchase you will have to get several quotes. Bare in mind the cheapest is not necessarily the best!

Its a dolls house actually

It does sound on the high side. What did it include? Is there a leasehold? Did you get a deed of trust (eg if you’re buying with a partner and you paid the deposit)? It depends on your particular sale but that is steep.

You sound like you might be a difficult client. Possibly this has somehow come over before you were quoted?

Get 3 quotes. Cheapest is not always the best though.

Hmm, I wonder maybe if they have quoted you almost double for the work it's because they don't actually want to act for you?

For some reason. I'll leave it to other posters to draw their own conclusions as to why that might be the case.

You're not being scammed, that's just their fees. Why not shop around?

You've started a thread on a forum, how can you attack people for 'chiming in' aka commenting? What did you want?