Re: Switching mortgage and sollicitor fees
Depends on the solicitors you deal with. I remortgaged with the same solicitor that I bought the house with so less of an issue when it came to deeds etc, so only cost me approx 600 euro.
There are threads on this site for cheap efficient solicitors, so you could maybe do a search to find them.
[broken link removed] offer 599 + VAT + Outlay for remortgage. I'm sure there are other comparable offers out there.