Residential Conveyancing
Moving home is a stressful time and can be a daunting prospect. Our experienced Residential Conveyancing Team offers a personal and efficient service to all our clients. We are committed to delivering a quality service and aim to achieve completion as quickly and in as stress-free way as possible. We pride ourselves on being professional, friendly and accessible to our clients. We act for numerous clients who have instructed our firm many times before, and in many cases, we are now acting for their children.
We offer fixed fees and competitive rates with no hidden extras and clients are not required to attend our offices at any time. Alternatively we are happy to meet clients at the office, their home or anywhere else that is convenient.
Our experienced team of conveyancers can offer a wide range of residential property services including:
- Sale
- Purchase
- Transfer of Equity
- Remortgage
- Buy to Let
- Right to Buy
- Shared Ownership
- Declaration of Trusts
- Notice of Severance of Joint Tenancy
- Tenancies
Fonseca Solicitors has secured membership to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme - the mark of excellence for the home buying process.
Fonseca Solicitors underwent rigorous assessment by the Law Society in order to secure CQS status, which marks the firm out as meeting high standards in the residential conveyancing process.
Our Fees
We set out below details of our charges for residential conveyancing. The fees charged depend on the value of the property and will include all the work carried out in relation to your sale or purchase to include filing the Stamp duty/Land Transaction Tax return and dealing with the registration of your title at the Land Registry.
| Purchase / Sale Price | Legal Fees (Plus VAT) |
| £0-£150,000 | From £695 |
| £150,001 - £250,000 | From £695 |
| £250,001 to £350,000 | From £795 |
| £350,001 to £550,000 | From £895 |
| £550,001 upwards | From £995 |
| Remortgages | From £375 plus VAT |
Please note that there will be a fee for any bank transfers of £35 plus VAT.
If the property is Leasehold there will be additional costs of £195 plus VAT for dealing with the Management Company
Additional charges will apply for Unregistered Title
Disbursements
The following disbursements will apply for most property purchases however please note that these are only approximate figures:-
- Searches to include the water and drainage search, environmental search and local authority search - £160 approx
- Land registry searches – from £5
- Land registry fees - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees
- Land Transaction tax will depend on the value of your property. If the property you are purchasing is in Wales please use the following link to calculate the amount payable https://beta.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-calculator . If the property is in England please use the following link https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/calculate-stamp-duty-land-tax/#/intro
Please telephone the office for a more detailed quote.
The average property transaction takes approximately 10 weeks to complete however this will be dependent on a number of factors including the other parties in the chain.
