Hi all, looking for advice on dealing with solicitors fees. We agreed to buy a very small piece of our neighbours garden for €10K. We asked the solicitor how much it would cost to sure we could afford it — she said €850 approx. We also agreed to pay the solicitor fees for our neighbour to encourage him to sell us the piece of land.
After almost a year, we have finally got to the stage of being invoiced by both solicitors, and to be honest, we are shocked. The cost of our solicitor is coming to €2,500, including third party fees, i.e. €30 for registered post and land registry fees of over €1K. The cost for our neighbour's solicitor is almost €2k. This brings the solicitors' fees up to about €4,500 — almost half the cost of the land.
Basically, this means we are not sure if we can afford to go ahead with the purchase of the land, is there anything we can do? Is this to be expected? Any advice would be much appreciated.
After almost a year, we have finally got to the stage of being invoiced by both solicitors, and to be honest, we are shocked. The cost of our solicitor is coming to €2,500, including third party fees, i.e. €30 for registered post and land registry fees of over €1K. The cost for our neighbour's solicitor is almost €2k. This brings the solicitors' fees up to about €4,500 — almost half the cost of the land.
Basically, this means we are not sure if we can afford to go ahead with the purchase of the land, is there anything we can do? Is this to be expected? Any advice would be much appreciated.