Selling a Property – Fees Calculator

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If you require an estate agency only or conveyancing only service, please contact us and we will e-mail a quote to you within 1 working day.
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UP-FRONT MARKETING COSTS
Home Report
Home Report Cost £{{home_report}}
The Home Report consists of a fairly detailed survey (which includes a valuation), an Energy Performance Certificate, and a Property Questionnaire (completed by you).
DEFERRED MARKETING COSTS
These costs are payable from the proceeds of sale, or 6 months after the property goes on the market, or when the property is taken off the market, whichever is the earliest.
ELPAM Marketing Fee
ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan marketing fee - £413.34 plus VAT£{{elpam_fee}}
This is to cover the cost of having professional photographs taken, a floor plan and video prepared, schedules printed, for sale boards put up, and the property marketed on Rightmove. (There is no charge at this stage for the time we spend arranging for your property to go on the market and dealing with enquiries.)
ESPC
ESPC registration and Home Report upload fee £{{espc}}
Your property will be advertised for an unlimited time on the ESPC website. Independent market research has shown the ESPC to be by far the best portal for marketing property in Edinburgh.
ANTI MONEY-LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE FEES
Law Society Fee
Origin of Funds Checks
Standard individuals or couples set up and ID fee (£80+VAT) £{{law_society_fee}}
The Government requires that we carry out Anti-Money Laundering Checks. As this is a legal requirement, we track this cost separately. The amount of work required will vary depending on the complexity of your financial affairs. The above estimate is for a standard transaction
Origin of Funds checks (£55+VAT) £{{oof_check}}
Whenever a property is being sold or a mortgage repaid, we carry out Origin of funds checks. How long have you owned the property? How was the purchase funded? Has the amount of the mortgage been dramatically reduced in a short time? We will obtain supplementary documents confirming equity held, such as mortgage statements. Ingathering, collating and reviewing the destination bank accounts for funds transferred to you. Bank accounts must be in your name Funds to be sent to accounts outside the UK are not included. Excludes free proceeds being sent to anyone other than you. Each Additional Destination of Funds (such as in a Separation, Executry Sale or Re-Mortgage where surplus funds are paid to client etc.) will be charged at £30.
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Deferred Total
ESTATE AGENCY AND CONVEYANCING FEES AND OUTLAYS (deducted from the sale price)
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ELP Estate Agency Fee
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ELPEA Total
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This fee covers all work which we carry out for you in connection with the estate agency and the conveyancing for the sale of the property (there is no separate charge for conveyancing). For any sale price over £150,000 our fee is calculated as a percentage of the sale price so will vary depending on the exact sale price.
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Land Registry Fee
Land Register and Local Authority searches£{{land_registry_fee}}
The Land Register Search is to prove who owns the property and that there is nothing to prevent you from giving a good title to the purchaser, and the Property Enquiry Certificate deals with all Local Authority matters in relation to the property, e.g. whether the roads are maintained by the Council, whether any Statutory Notices have been served etc. It is standard practice for the seller to pay for these searches which must be shown to the purchaser's solicitors.
ROS Fee (advance notice)
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The Advance Notice ensures that the purchaser is protected against your insolvency and any competing deeds which may be registered in the Land Register in the period between paying the purchase price and registering their title to the property.
ROS Fee (register)
Registers of Scotland’s fee to register the Discharge by your lender £{{ros_fee_register}}
As part of the sale we have to obtain a Discharge from your mortgage lender and have this registered in the Land Register.
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Please note that there will occasionally be other outlays, for example: (a) if your property is in a former coal mining area then we will have to get a Coal Mining Report; (b) we may need to obtain a Plans Report to check whether the plan in your title deeds is sufficient for Registers of Scotland’s requirements, and if not we will have to get a deed plan to be attached to the title deed in favour of the purchasers; (c) if structural alterations have been carried out to your property and the documentation is not available then we will have to obtain copies from the Local Authority.
As stated above, for any sale price over £150,000 our fee is calculated as a percentage of the sale price so will vary depending on the exact sale price.
If you would like us to carry out some or all of the viewings then we can arrange for this to be done by viewing agents at all reasonable times at a rate of £30 + VAT / hour. Viewing costs will usually be invoiced along with the estate agency and conveyancing fees and outlays at the point of settlement of the sale and deducted from the proceeds of sale, but we may issue interim invoices for viewing costs and ask for these to be paid.
If for any reason you decide to withdraw your property from the market, the deferred marketing costs would be payable and we would charge a reasonable fee of £395 + VAT to cover some of the time we have spent marketing the property for you and carrying out any conveyancing work, and we would require to be reimbursed for any outlays we have incurred in connection with the sale. However, please note that if you decide to re-market your property with us within eighteen months of your cancellation, we would be very pleased to deduct this from your final fee.
Fee quotes are valid for a period of 6 months, and outlays are subject to any changes made by any third parties (which will be updated here as soon as possible). If the conveyancing work we carry out for you turns out to be more complex than normal, we may require to increase our fee to take account of this (this is very unlikely and would only be done in exceptional cases).

We used Laura and the team to sell our home in Barnton. The friendly team immediately saw the potential in the property and moved swiftly to provide a quality service culminating in a very swift satisfactory sale. Always approachable, nothing seemed to faze them. Would certainly use again and heartily recommend!

We used ELP for both buying and selling based on personal recommendation. They are up to date with the current state of the market and gave us good advice on what to offer so we were very happy with what we paid for our new flat. When it came to selling the photographers they used for the Home Report were excellent and very painstaking. The schedule they produced was upbeat and attractive. ELP staff gave us regular feedback on the progress of the sale and were always contactable. They offered a highly professional service while at the same time they were friendly and treated us as individuals. A very personal service.

We found the service from ELP to be excellent and very efficient. From the first interview to talk through what we needed in the will to the actual signing was only 10 days. The whole process was explained clearly and we were encouraged to confront the very difficult and emotive issues that are involved in drawing up a will to ensure that all eventualities were covered and our wishes respected.

I own a cleaning business in Edinburgh and use ELP for advice on matters such as staff contracts, client contracts, and any dispute situations. I am very impressed by the advice which I receive. They are always able to help me with large and small pieces of work, and the approach they take is clear and aimed at achieving quick solutions. My first language is Polish, so while I am also fluent in English I appreciate the fact that ELP will always make arrangements to meet with me to talk matters through face to face when required. I would definitely recommend ELP to business owners and individuals who need legal advice.

Ian was the best in helping me out after I contacted him with an employment law issue. I contacted a few solicitors in Edinburgh via their online web forms and Ian replied to me within minutes of my query which was excellent! Other solicitors I contacted at the same time either didn’t reply at all or replied weeks later which was not helpful!

Ian was helpful, friendly and knowledgeable – never too busy to reply to my emails when I was looking for information, and occasional reassurance. I had an initial call with Ian, then a face to face in the office and after that most contact was by email which suited me perfectly. Ian was professional at all times and really made me feel valued as a client. His hard work resulted in a favourable result for me, and I would not hesitate to recommend his services to anyone. If I ever need a solicitor again in the future, Ian will be the first person I contact. Thank you!

We are a firm of Consulting Engineers with 30 staff. Over the years we have used the services of Duncan McFadzean of ELP on a number of occasions. As well as advising us on updating our Conditions of Employment to keep us up to date with the ever changing legislation we have also used his services in connection with redundancy and disciplinary matters. The advice we have been given has always been excellent. It is a great comfort to us to have this level of professional support readily available at the end of the phone.

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Selling a Property – Fees Calculator

UP-FRONT MARKETING COSTS

Home Report Cost £{{home_report}}

DEFERRED MARKETING COSTS

ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan marketing fee - £413.34 plus VAT£{{elpam_fee}}

ESPC registration and Home Report upload fee £{{espc}}

ANTI MONEY-LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE FEES

Standard individuals or couples set up and ID fee (£80+VAT) £{{law_society_fee}}

Origin of Funds checks (£55+VAT) £{{oof_check}}

ESTATE AGENCY AND CONVEYANCING FEES AND OUTLAYS (deducted from the sale price)

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VAT on fee £{{FORMATTED(elpea_vat)}}

Land Register and Local Authority searches£{{land_registry_fee}}

Registers of Scotland’s fee to register Advance Notice £{{ros_fee_advance_notice}}

Registers of Scotland’s fee to register the Discharge by your lender £{{ros_fee_register}}

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OVERALL TOTAL (including VAT) £{{FORMATTED(overall_total)}}

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