LiveMore Additional Fees

Fees Assisted Remortgage - Fixed Term Additional Fees


The law firm will act only for LiveMore Capital and are unable to provide you with legal advice on your mortgage. LiveMore Capital will pay for the standard legal fees associated with the remortgage whether or not your loan proceeds to completion. You may be charged for additional work and services if required over and above the legal work in a standard conveyancing case. Below are examples of some of the most common additional legal fees. Please note they do not include any third-party fees or legal costs:

Additional Work

Additional Fee (excl. VAT)

Applying a declaration of trust £195
Applying a deed of guarantee £150
Applying a deed of variation £150
Checking an existing tenancy agreement £50
Checking and approving an existing solar panel lease £90
Completing and verifying Identification checks for expat customers £40
Completing leasehold checks on all leasehold properties £65
Completing tenement checks on a flat or tenement property (Scotland) £65
Dealing with flying freeholds or freehold flats   £75
Dealing with independent solicitors (hourly rate) £130
Dealing with independent solicitors (to send purchase monies only) £40
Dealing with third party solicitor giving Independent Legal Advice   £75
Dealing with lease extensions and amendments (acting for borrower, simple case) £750
Dealing with Stamp Duty Land Tax or Land Transaction Tax £75
Dealing with transfer of equity (excluding disbursements) £245
Drafting a matrimonial separation agreement £50
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 (from Sasine Register, excluding disbursements)
(Complex registrations will incur higher fees which your law firm will confirm) 		£95
Forwarding a copy title information document / updated registers of title to the customer £20
Forwarding pre-registration deeds and documents £10
Investigating bankruptcy entries per case (insolvency register check) £30
Investigating the title to additional land (including separate titles) £45
Investigating unexpected unclear Land Registry priority searches £75
Obtaining a bespoke indemnity insurance policy (not a 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 £25
Purchasing a final share in a shared ownership property (including the transfer, excluding disbursements) £395
Purchasing a further interim share in a shared ownership property (excluding disbursements) £195
Purchasing related freehold title (excluding disbursements) up to £500
Rectifying a defective title (hourly rate excluding disbursements) £130
Redeeming and discharging an Islamic finance loan £245
Redeeming an existing Help to Buy Equity loan £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 the customer £50
Reversing legal completion (excluding disbursements) up to £390
Reviewing and / or varying an estate rent charge £195
Satisfying a Land Registry Anti-Fraud Restriction £75
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 to the customer (per transfer) £30
Telegraphic transfer (same day payment) to redeem existing loans £30
Validating the source of a shortfall over £5000 £25

 

V3 All Jurisdictions November 2022

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