Additional Work

Additional Fee (excluding VAT)

Applying a declaration of trust

£195

Applying a deed of guarantee

£150

Applying a deed of variation

£150

Checking and approving an existing solar panel lease

£90

Completing and verifying identification checks for expat customers

£40

Dealing with an unsecured loan

£30

Dealing with a pending repossession

£150

Dealing with independent solicitors (hourly rate)

£130

Dealing with independent solicitors (to send purchase monies only)

£40

Dealing with lease extensions and amendments (acting for borrower, simple case)

£750

Dealing with lease extensions and amendments (acting for borrower, complex case)

From £1150

Dealing with Stamp Duty Land Tax

£75

Dealing with transfer of equity (excluding disbursements)

£245

Drafting a matrimonial separation agreement (transfer of equity cases)

£50

Drafting a matrimonial waiver (transfer of equity cases)

£15

Drafting a power of attorney

£95

Drafting a statutory declaration

£50

Drafting an assured shorthold tenancy

£95

First registration at Land Registry (excluding Land Registry fee)

£95

First registration in Scotland (Complex registrations law firm to confirm cost based on an hourly fee)

£130

Forwarding a copy title information document / updated registers of title to borrower

£20

Forwarding pre-registration deeds and documents

£10

Investigating bankruptcy entries per case (insolvency register check)

£30

Investigating the title to additional land

£45

Investigating unexpected unclear Land Registry priority searches

£50

Obtaining a bespoke indemnity insurance policy (not the TSB or other block policy, excluding policy premium)

£45

Obtaining a letter of postponement from the Ministry of Defence or local authorities (per letter)

£50

Obtaining a letter of undertaking regarding searches (Scotland)

£15

Obtaining a letter of undertaking regarding title (Scotland)

£50

Obtaining and registering a deed of postponement

£195

Ordering documents or leases referred to in office copies (excluding disbursements)

£10

Other additional work not listed here (hourly rate)

£130

Processing a change of name or address at Land Registry

£10

Purchasing a final share in a Shared Ownership property (excluding disbursements)

£395

Rectifying a defective title (hourly rate excluding disbursements)

£130

Redeeming and discharging an Islamic finance loan

£195

Redeeming an existing Help to Buy Mortgage

£75

Registering a third-party transfer document (excluding disbursements)

£100

Removing a personal charge (per charge)

£150

Removing a tenancy in common restriction

£50

Removing second and subsequent charges (per charge)

£30

Returning a mortgage advance to a lender when completion delayed by borrower

£50

Reversing legal completion (excluding disbursements)

up to £390

Satisfying a special condition in the mortgage offer (per condition)

£45

Satisfying or removing a restriction or caution or inhibition (not for tenancy in common)

£150

Separating title and creation of servitude rights /burdens (Scotland) (excluding disbursements)

£195

Storing title deeds (Scotland) (per annum)

£75

Telegraphic transfer (same day payment) of surplus funds (per transfer)

£30

Telegraphic transfer (same day payment) to redeem 2 nd or further existing loans

£30

Validating the source of a shortfall over £1000

£25