You can trust Howes Percival's dedicated residential conveyancing team and property solicitors to look after you when buying and/or selling your home. We’ve been administering quality residential conveyancing for over 30 years, so we have experience of every type of problem or potential delay and how best to overcome them.
In our safe hands, you will have access to an experienced and dedicated member of our residential conveyancing team from the beginning of your transaction to the end. You won’t experience an anonymous call centre and you can expect a professional and personal service.
Our property solicitors are ready to help you with your Conveyancing needs for buying and/or selling your high-value home including:
Your home is likely to be your largest and most important asset, and it’s vital that there is nothing on the title or the searches which will limit the value or prevent you from mortgaging or selling it in the future. Whether it is your forever family home or a buy-to-let property we are experts in making sure that you have good title and we aim to provide clear, helpful advice that’s always well-informed and practical.
We are accredited by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
What happens next?
There are various stages in a conveyancing process that your conveyancing solicitor will take you through. You'll need to consider:
- the framework of a transaction
- the timescale of a transaction
- costs
- home surveys
...and a number of other factors which are explained in our helpful guide to conveyancing here.
VALUE |
SALE |
PURCHASE & REMORTGAGE* |
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Freehold |
Leasehold |
Freehold |
Leasehold |
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£500,000 - £1M |
£1,500 - £2,500 |
£1,800 - £2,900 |
£1,700 - £2,700 |
£2,100 - £3,100 |
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£1,000,001 - £2M |
£2,500 - £4,000 |
£2,900 - £4,400 |
£2,700 - £4,200 |
£3,100 - £4,600 |
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£2,000,001 - £3M |
£4,000 - £5,750 |
£4,400 - £6,150 |
£4,200 - £5,950 |
£4,600 - £6,350 |
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>£3M |
POA |
POA |
POA |
POA |
* Add £570 for reviewing any Assured Shorthold Tenancy on a let property.
All fees are subject to VAT at 20%.
We may have to increase our fees from the table above, if any of the following apply:
Our fees above do not include the following matters for which we can give you a separate quote:
We will let you know as soon as possible whether your fee is going to be outside our standard scale.
The following disbursements also apply:
| SALE | PURCHASE | REMORTGAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Official copies - £6.00 + VAT |
Local search – From £130 to £477 (depending on the individual local authority. |
Local search – From £109 to £400 (depending on the individual local authority. |
| Official copy documents - £3.00 each + VAT |
Water and drainage search – From £20.60 to £77 |
Water and drainage search - From £20.60 to £77 |
| Bank transfer fee - £30 + VAT |
Index Map - £4.00 + VAT at 20% | Index Map - £4.00 + VAT at 20% |
| Chancel insurance - £10 | Chancel insurance - £10 | |
| Environmental & flood (Avista) search –£94.80 |
Bank transfer fee - £30 + VAT at 20% |
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| Bank transfer fee - £30 + VAT at 20% |
Land Registry fee – Based on property value – Between £20 (based on value of £100,000) up to £250 (based on value of £1,000,001 and over) |
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| Land Registry fee: Transfer of Whole – From £40 (based on purchase of up to £80,000) up to £455 (based on purchase price of £3,000,000) for online applications. However, if the property is unregistered, the fee range is from £40 up to a maximum £910 (depending on value). Transfer of Part - From £190 (based on purchase price of £150,000) up to £910 (based on purchase price of £3,000,000) |
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| Stamp Duty Land Tax – please use the online calculator. |
If a matter is abortive we will charge all disbursements incurred and a reasonable proportion of our fees.
It is normal for a sale or purchase to take 6-8 weeks from issue of papers to completion. This period will increase if there is a long chain, or other complications.
Once we have obtained and reviewed the relevant property details, we will be able to provide an estimate of our fees and we may be able to agree fixed fees for the matter.
Please click here to view the members of our Conveyancing team and their skills and experience.
We pride ourselves on our service and this is what our clients say about us:
"Amazing job. You have pulled off a miracle again. I know we can always rely upon you, to do it well, quickly and with certainty. Not many others come anywhere close to your standards."
"I just wanted to thank you for your fantastic work today in keeping us updated. We are hugely impressed with everyone we have dealt with at Howes Percival. You have a great firm with a superb client ethic. Bravo!"
“I heard about Howes Percival’s conveyancing service from a friend, and they’ve been just perfect!”
“Howes Percival has always been our solicitor, the service is excellent.”
“Just fabulous service from start to finish. Efficient, clearly laid out documentation, proactive chasing of the other side, prompt responses to all queries raised by me, and a very smooth deal through to exchange and completion. Thank you very much indeed!”
"I have worked with Sarah Hancox before during my time at Orbit Homes. I then referred her to my father for his purchase and now for mine. She is friendly, efficient, professional and timely and I can’t recommend her enough!! Anyone who uses her is one very lucky person!"
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sian and Sarah both for the sterling service you each provided with my sale and purchase, during which I feel was particularly challenging at times. I could not have asked for more. At the age of 74, I don’t intend to move home again! However, if the need does arise I will have no hesitation in again engaging your firm to act on my behalf."
"Couldn't be happier with the support, advice and speed of response from Howes Percival. Even with our solicitor taking leave during the transaction the coverage was well handed over and handled in their absence. Howes Percival were completely aligned with our objectives and Sarah Hancox did not let up on the other party nor did she ever make us feel like we were anything less than important to her."
“Sarah was kind, speedy and thoughtful. If I ever do this again I will specifically ask to work with her, she was incredible.”
"They were well prepared admin-wise, anticipating problems and providing balanced solutions. Staying calm when I might be getting a little too emotional and gung-ho, slowly bringing me back to sensible responses. They kept the pace ticking along nicely, always updating me on a timely basis, and made sure we were ready all in advance of each major milestone. And we made it on both transactions with time to spare!! Plus, delivered with charm and humour."
“What the team has that I’m attracted to is the personal attention you get; it always feels as though you’ve got all their time and it feels like they genuinely care about your set of circumstances.” - Chambers and Partners
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