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Reasonable Legals fees for Buying a Home in Dublin

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  • 05-04-2017 9:47am
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    fraggle1980
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭


    Hi
    I am in the process of getting a Mortgage and was wondering is there any recommendations for a solicitor with reasonable Prices for the legal fees.
    I have rang a few and they seem quite high that the bank are telling me is the average.

    Thanks


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    Sono
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭Sono


    If they are all similar then surely you are getting close to the average. Ours were €2,400 last May.


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    elastico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭elastico


    fraggle1980 wrote: »
    Hi
    I am in the process of getting a Mortgage and was wondering is there any recommendations for a solicitor with reasonable Prices for the legal fees.
    I have rang a few and they seem quite high that the bank are telling me is the average.

    Thanks

    Location makes no difference to the solicitor except maybe once to witness documents being signed.

    Somebody "down the country" can do the same job for less.


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    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    Sono wrote: »
    If they are all similar then surely you are getting close to the average. Ours were €2,400 last May.

    Same here €2700 for everything

    I could have gotten a bit cheaper but I felt that I was getting value for my money for sure. There are plenty of cheap good solicitors, cheap terrible ones, expensive good ones and expensive terrible ones

    Depends on what you need but if your prices are all in and around the same then you're in luck because you can choose the one that fits for you


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    fraggle1980
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭fraggle1980


    Thanks ye that is around the price i was expecting to be paying.
    I must be looking in the wrong place because my lowest quote was 3500.


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    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    fraggle1980 wrote: »
    Thanks ye that is around the price i was expecting to be paying.
    I must be looking in the wrong place because my lowest quote was 3500.

    3500? :eek:

    Honestly that is high. Anything unusual about the house?


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    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Mine was about 2.5k, a firm in Fairview


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    fraggle1980
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭fraggle1980


    I haven't even got that far. Just in the application process.
    okay I will ring around a few more
    Thanks for your help.


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    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Get a law firm from down the country to quote you......


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    'Cheap out' on this sort of stuff an expect an aloof solicitor who will be impossible to get hold of. That said I think mine was around €1500 + Outlays. Really its professional fees you should be comparing, outlays are pretty much (if not exactly) the same.


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    I paid about 2.5k 2 years ago. Bought in D11, soicitor in D15.


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    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,656 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Between 2.5k and 3.5k seems a fair bit excessive to me, even for Dublin, I work in a firm that charges 1700 plus the outlays. Sometimes you get complex conveyances with planning issues that need to be solved and it goes up a bit but I would still think around 2k plus outlays is average for the market right now.


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    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    To be clearer on my fees above it's
    €1500 fees and €1250 outlays so €2700 total


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    Elemonator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭Elemonator


    Pay peanuts and you'll get monkeys. Pay cheap, you may pay again.

    2500-2600 or thereabouts is the going rate.


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    fraggle1980
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭fraggle1980


    Thanks All for your replies. I have found one that quoted me 2700 all in .. so prob go with that .
    The first quote must have been chancing his arm :-) cheers ..


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    PMBC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭PMBC


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Get a law firm from down the country to quote you......


    Gloomtastic is right. You will get it done by a good solicitor for 1200e. Also, if you are a member of a local Credit Union, they often have 'arrangements' with local solicitors for reduced rates for members - worth trying.


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    ams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭ams


    Sent you a PM that might be of use!


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    Arbie
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭Arbie


    Last year in Dublin we paid (including VAT) €1,300 fees + €1,000 outlays


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