Buying/selling legal costs

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AndWhat · 15/02/2020 18:59

First time seller here, when we bought our first property we paid the solicitor approx £1000 for the searches etc.
Now we are moving to our second property and I’m trying to work our costs and I'm wondering how much to budget for legal costs.
An online search says £1000 for buying and I expect that to be the same but how much do we need to pay them for the selling side? I know costs can vary so don’t expect an exact cost.
Thanks

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rottiemum88 · 15/02/2020 19:15

My mum is currently in the process of selling her house and paying around £500 legal fees

Slightlysurviving · 15/02/2020 19:49

We have just gone through all this, everything from selling to buying and moving in. All legal fees, serches, and moving itself came in at £3.2k I have taken out stamp duty and EA fees. Which add on another £14k cries

needmorecoffeeandcake · 15/02/2020 20:39

My sale and purchase will cost about £1.5k in legal fees.

AGreatUsername · 15/02/2020 20:42

Our sale and purchase was £425 plus vat and £475 plus vat respectively, plus around £40 in extra fees for ID checks and bank transfer etc.

ImTheCaddy · 15/02/2020 20:43

Just my purchase was £2k. I think I was had 😳

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AndWhat · 15/02/2020 20:56

Oh wow I knew prices would vary but not by those amounts! @Slightlysurviving ouch at the stamp duty ours will only be about £1500 which is annoying enough! Thanks all

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