Comments on: Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Form

By: Dr SAFI

Dr SAFI — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:02:50 +0000

I think my solicitor has charged me a lot for an unsuccessfull case. how can I find that she has not charged mevextra and who to complain to?

By: Mat

Mat — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:18:26 +0000

Complete rubbish this article, the form couldn’t be easier. Once you read through the notes and the guide that HMRC provides you with the whole thing is exceptionally easy. I have decided to save the £70 (!!!) our conveyancer wants to pay us on him filling it out, and it took me a mere 15 mins to tick the relevant boxes.

Don’t scaremonger people like that, unless you are working for a conveyancer???

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:34:41 +0000

It is not the easiest form to complete, but solicitors should all be up front if they are going to charge you to fill it in. I know of at least 1 that will add £50 plus VAT to your final bill without advising you it is not part of their quote. There are people who will help you to complete forms for less though and help you to save money. Most solicitors are straight and honest, but there’s always going to be the odd one who will charge for what they can. Make sure you check and ask questions before you agree to their quote. Check the fees are inclusive of all standard forms, check if they are going to charge extra for dealing with your mortgage, check the SDLT is included.

By: D McLaughlin

D McLaughlin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:33:32 +0000

I am about to fill in this form as my solicitor wants £50 which I think is extortion. These solicitors fill them in all the time so it should be a breeze for them. If the forms were in plain english most people would have no problem. Solicitors will charge you for taking a breath, they are constantly looking at what they can bill you.

By: twisted_fool

twisted_fool — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:16:12 +0000

Maybe I’m just a genius or something because I found the form relatively easy to complete – I’ve no idea what the fuss is, or why it costs so much to complete – it took me 30 minutes and was the first time I’d completed such a form.
I only left this comment because you were so certain that noone can fill it in. My advice is, if you have any brains, DO IT YOURSELF! Solicitors are thieves – they only employ unqualified people to do most of the work anyway!

By: cheryl long

cheryl long — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:49:11 +0000

count yourself lucky my solicitor charges £89.75 for filling the form out and because we’re buying the property with a mortgage not cash we have no option to fill the form out ourselves. i’m in the wrong career.

By: Bear

Bear — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:08:26 +0000

All i’ll say is lesson well learned.

I’m a secretary at a law firm and clients always think they know better than the Solicitors. I’m sure people think they pay us to do nothing! Most people pay their Estate Agents more than their conveyancing solicitors but they don’t bi*ch about their estate agents for charging 1 or 2 % of the purchase price. Solicitors don’t even get half of this in most cases. (obviously i mean without disbursements, searches, etc) their basic fee is usually pitiful.

Some clients also think their Solicitors ‘sit’ on things for a laugh! They call us up and say “what’s going on? why is this taking so long, you can’t be waiting for anything else now” and they don’t believe you when you say you’re waiting for a redemption figure, mortgage deed, searches…we seriously don’t want you calling us every day so why on earth would we lie about things we’re waiting for?

Let this be a lesson to all clients that think they know better. Let your Solicitor do his/her work.

By: Catti

Catti — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:08:07 +0000

Trust me – Solicitors don’t like them either – they take far too long which is why some firms charge extra to do that work!