Solicitors Fees on Mortgage Switch

Hi all,

Got a quote from my existing solicitor to move my mortgage from UB to NIB. The all in price she quoted was €970, of which NIB would pay €600, meaning the cost to me is €370.

However NIB also offer the option of using their agents legal service, which seems to involve a 10 day overlap between the money being sent by NIB, arriving at this agents account, and finally being sent on to UB in cheque format. This will cost about €300 in interest charges.

So at the end of that really long story what i'd like to know is whether or not it's possible to get a decent solicitor to do this switch for about €600 all in? I dont think it is, and will probably use NIB's service.

600 less VAT @ 21% less outlays ( searches c. 100, comms. fees. 25 and Land Registry 150) would leave a professional fee of c.270.00. Its not a lot and I would not work for that kind of money - not given the aggravation factor.

mf

thanks mf, any other opinions/advice?

Like mf1 and also as a solicitor I would not be interested in doing the work for that money. It would really mean losing money based on time spent versusfee earned...very few if any solicitors would be interested.

check out [broken link removed] they are the cheapest I know, but are still more than €600 all in