Buying or Selling? We Can Help
We can offer meetings face to face, as many people prefer, or in the alternative we can just as easily advise you at a distance, either way our aim is always to treat you as an individual, to take into account your instructions and to ease the stress.
Dixon Rigby Keogh provides a cost effective, friendly and professional legal service. We are committed to providing the level of client care you would hope to find as well as a desire to progress your case in a pro active way.
As a firm, we have an impressive reputation gained through years of hard work and dedication. We are delighted that we continue to receive recommendations from existing and previous clients. As you would expect, we have local knowledge and close links with other professionals in the area estate agents, surveyors, insurance brokers/IFA´s should you require such assistance.
All Residential Conveyancing work undertaken by this firm is supervised by Simon Masters.
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Estimated total on a Freehold sale up to £100,000.00 is £942.00 and up to £500,000.00 is £1,362.00.
We do not pay Referral fees for our work.
We reserve the right to use our discretion to increase the legal fees if more complex or higher risk matter
Increased legal fees include, but are not limited to, obtaining Indemnity Insurance Policies, dealing with Gifted Deposits, drafting Declaration of Trusts, Help to Buy ISA’s, drafting Deeds of Covenants, drafting a Statutory Declaration, Key Undertakings, disclosing issues to Lenders and drafting Forms RX1 and RX3 etc.
How long it will take from you accepting an offer until you move out will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between eight to twelve weeks. It can be quicker or slower depending on the parties in the chain.
The precise stages involved in the sale of a residential Freehold property vary according to the circumstances. However, below are some of the key stages you can expect us to guide you through:-
To see the relevant expertise and qualifications of the Fee Earner dealing with your file, please refer to their individual profile page.
For more information and costs, explore the topics below…
The price quoted for the Office Copy Entries is based on a Freehold property. If the property being sold is a Leasehold property then there will be an additional fee of £6.00.
Estimated total on a leasehold sale up to £100,000.00 is £1,248.00 and up to £500,000.00 is £1,668.00
We do not pay Referral fees for our work.
We reserve the right to use our discretion to increase the legal fees if more complex or higher risk matter
Increased legal fees include , but are not limited to, obtaining Indemnity Insurance Policies, dealing with Gifted Deposits, drafting Declaration of Trusts, Help to Buy ISA’s, drafting Deeds of Covenants, drafting a Statutory Declaration, Key Undertakings, disclosing issues to Lenders and drafting Forms RX1 and RX3 etc.
How long it will take from you accepting an offer until you move out will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between eight to twelve weeks. It can be quicker or slower depending on the parties in the chain.
The precise stages involved in the sale of a residential Leasehold property vary according to the circumstances. However, below are some of the key stages you can expect us to guide you through:-
To see the relevant expertise and qualifications of the Fee Earner dealing with your file, please refer to their individual profile page.
For more information and costs, explore the topics below…
This includes dealing with registration at the Land Registry and the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (Stamp Duty), if the property is in England, or Land Transaction Tax (Land Tax), if the property you wish to buy is in Wales.
Estimated total on a Freehold purchase up to £100,000.00 is £1,403.00 and up to £500,000.00 is £2,178.000.
Disbursements are costs relating to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. Payments such as Search Fees, Final Searches and CHAPS Fee are inclusive of VAT.
Search Fees include Environmental, Water & Drainage, Coal/Brine and Local Authority Searches on the property. Final Searches include Priority Searches at the Land Registry (OS1 and OS2) and Bankruptcy Searches on each Client. For additional costs, optional searches include further Environmental, further Brine, further Water & Drainage and any other Local Authority Departments, e.g. specific planning enquiries.
There may also be an additional charge of £18.00 inclusive of VAT payable to Legal Marketing Services (LMS) for handling mortgage offers on-line.
For New Build Properties and those utilising the Help to Buy Products there is a discretion to increase the fixed fee.
We do not pay Referral fees for our work.
We reserve the right to use our discretion to increase the legal fees if more complex or higher risk matter
Increased legal fees include , but are not limited to, obtaining Indemnity Insurance Policies, dealing with Gifted Deposits, drafting Declaration of Trusts, Help to Buy ISA’s, drafting Deeds of Covenants, drafting a Statutory Declaration, Key Undertakings, disclosing issues to Lenders and drafting Forms RX1 and RX3 etc.
This depends on the purchase price of your property. You can calculate the amount you will need to pay by using HMRC’s website. https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/calculate-stamp-duty-land-tax/#/intro. Or if the property is located in Wales by using the Welsh Revenue Authority’s website. https://beta.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-calculator.
How long it will take from your offer being accepted until you can move in to your house will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between eight to twelve weeks.
It can be quicker or slower, depending on the parties in the chain. For example, if you are a first-time buyer, purchasing a new build property with a mortgage in principle, it could take twelve weeks.
The precise stages involved in the purchase of a residential Freehold property vary according to the circumstances. However, below are some of the key stages you can expect us to guide you through: –
To see the relevant expertise and qualifications of the Fee Earner dealing with your file, please refer to their individual profile page.
For more information and costs, explore the topics below…
This includes dealing with registration at the Land Registry and the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax (Stamp Duty), if the property is in England, or Land Transaction Tax (Land Tax), if the property is in Wales.
Estimated total on a leasehold purchase up to £100,000.00 is £1,703.00 and up to £500,000.00 is £2,478.000.
Disbursements are costs relating to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. There are certain disbursements which will be set out in the individual Lease relating to the Property.
The disbursements which we anticipate will apply, set out in the table above, are Search Fees, Final Searches and CHAPS Fee which are all inclusive of VAT.
Search Fees include Environmental, Water & Drainage, Coal/Brine and Local Authority Searches on the property. Final Searches include Priority Searches at the Land Registry (OS1 and OS2) and Bankruptcy Searches on each Client. For additional costs, optional searches include further Environmental, further Brine, further Water & Drainage and any other Local Authority Departments, e.g. specific planning enquiries.
There may also be an additional charge of £18.00 inclusive of VAT payable to Legal Marketing Services (LMS) for handling mortgage offers on-line.
For New Build Properties and those utilising the Help to Buy Products there is a discretion to increase the fixed fee.
We do not pay Referral fees for our work.
We reserve the right to use our discretion to increase the legal fees if more complex or higher risk matter
Increased legal fees include , but are not limited to, obtaining Indemnity Insurance Policies, dealing with Gifted Deposits, drafting Declaration of Trusts, Help to Buy ISA’s, drafting Deeds of Covenants, drafting a Statutory Declaration, Key Undertakings, disclosing issues to Lenders and drafting Forms RX1 and RX3 etc.
There are other disbursements relating to Leasehold properties as follows:-
This list is not exhaustive and other disbursements may apply depending on the term of the Lease. We will update you on the specific fees upon receipt and review of the Lease from the Seller’s solicitors.
These fees vary from property to property and can on occasion be significantly more than the ranges given above. We can give you an accurate figure once we have sight of your specific documents.
You should also be aware that ground rent and service charge are likely to apply throughout your ownership of the property. We will confirm the ground rent and the anticipated service charge as soon as we receive this information.
This depends on the purchase price of your property. You can calculate the amount you will need to pay by using HMRC’s website. https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/calculate-stamp-duty-land-tax/#/intro. Or if the property is located in Wales by using the Welsh Revenue Authority’s website. https://beta.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-calculator.
How long it will take from your offer being accepted until you can move in to your house will depend on a number of factors. The average process takes between ten to twelve weeks. It can be quicker or slower, depending on the parties in the chain. For example, if you are a first time buyer, purchasing a new build property with a mortgage in principle, it could take twelve weeks. However, if you are buying a Leasehold property that requires an extension of the Lease, this can take significantly longer, between three and four months. In such, a situation additional charges would apply.
Our fee assumes that:-
The precise stages involved in the purchase of a residential Leasehold property vary according to the circumstances. However, below are some of the key stages you can expect us to guide you through:-
To see the relevant expertise and qualifications of the Fee Earner dealing with your file, please refer to their individual profile page.
For more information and costs, explore the topics below…
Estimated total on a re-mortgage freehold/leasehold is up to £250,000.00 is £948.00 and up to £500,000.00 is £1,248.00.
Land Registry fee to be determined on the value of the property.
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. In the case of a re-mortgage the Land Registry fee will be determined on the value of the property. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.
Search Fees include Environmental, Water & Drainage, Coal/Brine and Local Authority Searches on the property. Final Searches include Priority Searches at the Land Registry (OS1 and OS2) and Bankruptcy Searches on each Client. For additional costs optional searches include Further Environmental, Further Brine Further Water & Drainage and any other Local Authority Departments, e.g. specific planning enquiries.
We do not pay Referral fees for our work.
We reserve the right to use our discretion to increase the legal fees if more complex or higher risk matter.
Increased legal fees include , but are not limited to, obtaining Indemnity Insurance Policies, dealing with Gifted Deposits, drafting Declaration of Trusts, Help to Buy ISA’s, drafting Deeds of Covenants, drafting a Statutory Declaration, Key Undertakings, disclosing issues to Lenders and drafting Forms RX1 and RX3 etc.
How long it will take for your re-mortgage to be completed will depend on a number of factors, the average process takes between 6 to 8 weeks.
The precise stages involved in the re-mortgage of a residential Freehold/Leasehold property vary according to the circumstances. However, below are some of the key stages you can expect us to guide you through:-
To see the relevant expertise and qualifications of the Fee Earner dealing with your file, please refer to their individual profile page.
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