Hello,
Can I run this by you people to see what you think?
We recently sold a house. When we engaged our solicitor she quoted a fee of 1100 euro. This this was fine with me.
The sale went through and our solicitor deducted her fees from the proceeds and deposited the money into our account. When she had deduced her fee it had grown to just under 2000 euro (with all the extras) - almost double the price quoted!
This was her breakdown:
Professional Fee: 1,100
- Vat 321
Postage,Petty Outlay & Copying: 150
- Vat 31.50
Registeration of Vesting Cert: 125
- Vat 26.25
Registeration Fee in having Vesting Cert registered: 60
Fee for obtaining Capital Gains Tax Cert: 125
Declaration re Family Home Protection Act: 25
Declartaion re No Demand for Rent: 25
- Vat 10.50
Commissioners Fees: 40
Total: 1975euro
Do you think this is reasonable?
I was quote almost half what I was charged.
To be honest the money doesn't bother me that much, if she genuinely needed to charge that - so be it. What did annoy me was the underhand way in which I was charged. The extra money was just taken-away/deducted from me - I wasn't informed of these additional charged or the fact that they would almost double the price quoted.
I have yet to get back to her to voice my displeasure at her 'method' of charging - and would like to hear opinions on this. Personally I think this is approaching criminal behaviour and an abuse of power (she controlled my monies) and felt she could charge what she liked! In what other industry could you get away with this behaviour?
Can I run this by you people to see what you think?
We recently sold a house. When we engaged our solicitor she quoted a fee of 1100 euro. This this was fine with me.
The sale went through and our solicitor deducted her fees from the proceeds and deposited the money into our account. When she had deduced her fee it had grown to just under 2000 euro (with all the extras) - almost double the price quoted!
This was her breakdown:
Professional Fee: 1,100
- Vat 321
Postage,Petty Outlay & Copying: 150
- Vat 31.50
Registeration of Vesting Cert: 125
- Vat 26.25
Registeration Fee in having Vesting Cert registered: 60
Fee for obtaining Capital Gains Tax Cert: 125
Declaration re Family Home Protection Act: 25
Declartaion re No Demand for Rent: 25
- Vat 10.50
Commissioners Fees: 40
Total: 1975euro
Do you think this is reasonable?
I was quote almost half what I was charged.
To be honest the money doesn't bother me that much, if she genuinely needed to charge that - so be it. What did annoy me was the underhand way in which I was charged. The extra money was just taken-away/deducted from me - I wasn't informed of these additional charged or the fact that they would almost double the price quoted.
I have yet to get back to her to voice my displeasure at her 'method' of charging - and would like to hear opinions on this. Personally I think this is approaching criminal behaviour and an abuse of power (she controlled my monies) and felt she could charge what she liked! In what other industry could you get away with this behaviour?