Most conveyancing quotes do not show the full cost. Extra charges are left off, tucked into the terms or added later, and you cannot add up fees you have not been told about. Ours is one fixed figure, known before you instruct.
Pinnacle Law charges one all-inclusive fixed fee: £2,495 to buy (searches included), £1,995 to sell, or £4,490 to sell and buy, all including VAT, for residential property up to £2,000,000 in England and Wales. Nothing is paid upfront, the fee cannot rise, and nothing is owed if your sale or purchase falls through.
The trouble with comparing quotes is that you can only compare what you can see. Many quotes show a low base fee and leave the rest out. Case set-up, ID checks, bank transfers, searches and supplements are often added later, sometimes only on the completion statement, and by then you are committed. Until that point you do not know what you will pay. With us, you know the whole figure before you instruct.
These are often missing from a headline quote, buried in the terms, or added part-way through. Every one is inside our fixed fee.
| Charge | Pinnacle Law | Typical cost elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 'Base' Legal Fees | Included | Up to £1,000 + VAT |
| Property Search Fees | Included | Up to £400 + VAT |
| 'Case Set Up' Fees | Included | Up to £150 + VAT |
| ID Check Costs | Included | Up to £25 + VATper person |
| Bank Transfer Fees | Included | Up to £50 + VATper transfer |
| Land Registry Document Costs | Included | Up to £50 + VAT |
| Stamp Duty Return Submission | Included | Up to £150 + VAT |
| Mortgage Legal Fee (if applicable) | Included | Up to £250 + VAT |
| Leasehold Legal Fee (if applicable) | Included | Up to £400 + VAT |
| Complex Title Work (if applicable) | Included | Up to £350 + VAT |
| Gifted Funds AML Fees (if applicable) | Included | Up to £300 + VATper gift |
| Any other legal costs | Fixed, cannot rise | Open-ended |
| Total for the legal work | £2,495 inc VAT | Up to £3,750 inc VAT, plus anything added later |
| Charge | Pinnacle Law | Typical cost elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 'Base' Legal Fees | Included | Up to £1,000 + VAT |
| 'Case Set Up' Fees | Included | Up to £150 + VAT |
| ID Check Costs | Included | Up to £25 + VATper person |
| Bank Transfer Fees | Included | Up to £50 + VATper transfer |
| Land Registry Document Costs | Included | Up to £50 + VAT |
| Mortgage Legal Fee (if applicable) | Included | Up to £250 + VAT |
| Leasehold Legal Fee (if applicable) | Included | Up to £400 + VAT |
| Complex Title Work (if applicable) | Included | Up to £350 + VAT |
| Any other legal costs | Fixed, cannot rise | Open-ended |
| Total for the legal work | £1,995 inc VAT | Up to £2,730 inc VAT, plus anything added later |
Figures in the right-hand column are typical market ranges for each item, gathered from published conveyancing quotes. They are indicative only, they are not our fees, and they are not any particular firm’s. What any given firm charges will vary. ID checks are usually charged per person, bank transfers per transfer and gifted deposit checks per gift, so a quote showing one of each can understate the bill. Moving home? Our fee is £4,490 inc VAT for both transactions (£1,995 sale plus £2,495 purchase).
Because these charges are easy to miss, ask every firm for the answers in writing. If a firm cannot confirm a charge is included, assume it will be added.
Our answers: one fixed figure, everything listed is included, the fee cannot go up, nothing is paid upfront, and nothing is owed if your sale or purchase falls through.
Because most quotes do not show the full cost. A low base fee is often followed by separate charges for case set-up, ID checks, bank transfers, searches and other work, some of which appear only in the terms or on the completion statement. You cannot add up charges you have not been told about. Ask each firm to confirm in writing the total you will pay at completion and whether it can change. Our quote is that total, fixed before you instruct.
Because it is quoting a different thing. Many online quotes advertise a base legal fee and list the rest as separate charges that appear at completion. Our fee is the total: case set-up, ID checks, bank transfers, Land Registry documents, the Stamp Duty return, the lender’s legal fee, leasehold and complex title work, gifted deposit checks and, on a purchase, the search package. The gap between the two headline numbers is usually a difference in what is disclosed, not in what you pay.
Ask each firm for the total payable at completion, not the base fee, and check whether case set-up, ID checks, bank transfer fees, Land Registry documents, the Stamp Duty return, the lender’s legal fee, leasehold or new-build supplements, gifted deposit checks and searches are inside the figure or added to it. Then ask whether the fee can increase if the transaction turns out to be complex, and what is payable if it falls through. If a firm cannot confirm a charge is included, assume it will be added.
Not always on the headline figure, and we do not claim to be. We compete on total cost and cost certainty: once the usual extras are added back to a lower-looking quote, ours is competitive, and a quote that is genuinely lower after that is genuinely lower. What a headline fee cannot show is that with us nothing is paid upfront, the fee cannot rise, and nothing is owed if your sale or purchase falls through.
With Pinnacle, nothing. There is no abortive fee, no charge for work done to date and no charge for costs we have already paid out on your behalf, whatever the reason and however far the transaction had got. Roughly a third of agreed sales in England and Wales fall through before completion, so it is worth asking every firm this question.
No obligation, nothing to pay upfront, and nothing to pay if your move falls through.