lauradryeye
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The solicitor is saying that it is unusual to have this type of title and that the extra cost should be passed on to the vendor. We have talked to our EA who said it's not true and that she should have quoted this in the first place.
If the Vendor pays for the cost then it is no additional cost to the purchaser, a point you seem to be missing.
He's probably trying to conjure up some extra fees in the hope that the vendor will cough up for them
The solicitor is saying that it is unusual to have this type of title and that the extra cost should be passed on to the vendor. We have talked to our EA who said it's not true and that she should have quoted this in the first place. We are FTB and don't have a clue..Any insight?
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That equates to nearly a 30% increase on your original quote.....not exactly what I would call a small variation!!
It would be ridiculous to force the solicitor to complete two separate assignments in return for a price they had quoted for one assignment
I only got an email with estimated costs the first time. In fairness the solicitor did mention that these could vary, but I didn't think that it could vary that much..
She sent me a new full quote and the first Land Registry fee doesn't apply anymore as Vanilla pointed out, so the extra cost now is about 800 euros.
We do feel that it is an embarassing situation having to ask to vendor to pay for OUR solicitor fees but she is saying that it is the norm..
. In fairness the solicitor did mention that these could vary,
I recently bought a property with unregistered title. The solicitor quoted his fee not knowing whether it was registered or not (though being an experienced solicitor he possibly made an educated guess as its not rocket science to know which properties might be unregistered). He made no extra charge or even considered it. I did say something like "oh god is that extra work?" and he said "not at all - Land registry is easy to deal with nowadays". So no extra charge and no idea at all that vendor should be responsible. I find the circumstances outlined quite bizarre.
And some solicitors wonder why they are on their knees with not enough clients!!
I recently bought a property with unregistered title. The solicitor quoted his fee not knowing whether it was registered or not (though being an experienced solicitor he possibly made an educated guess as its not rocket science to know which properties might be unregistered). He made no extra charge or even considered it. I did say something like "oh god is that extra work?" and he said "not at all - Land registry is easy to deal with nowadays". So no extra charge and no idea at all that vendor should be responsible. I find the circumstances outlined quite bizarre.
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