We publish our solicitors fees for buying a property on our website (see above) and an idea of the likely “disbursements” – charges payable to third parties. We will provide you with a cost estimate at the start together with an estimate of disbursements. We will ask you to make an initial payment on account for some of the disbursements. As the matter nears exchange of contract, we will ask you to send us your 10% deposit. After exchange of contracts and before completion takes place, we will send you a statement of account showing all the costs and disbursements for the transaction, request any balance from you and request the mortgage advance from the lender. Following completion, we will pay the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) to the Inland Revenue and the Land Registry fees to register your title out of the funds you have already sent us on completion.