Scottish Building Society
Fees Assisted Remortgage
Additional fees may be charged for additional work and services required over and above the standard legal work in a fees assisted remortgage case. Your law firm will discuss your requirements with you and obtain your consent to proceed before any such fees are incurred. Below are examples of some of the most common additional legal fees. Please note they do not include any third-party fees or legal costs:
| Additional Work | Fee (excl. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Applying a declaration of trust | £195.00 |
| Applying a deed of guarantee | £195.00 |
| Applying a deed of variation | £195.00 |
| Checking an existing tenancy agreement | £50.00 |
| Checking and approving an existing solar panel lease | £90.00 |
| Completing an verifying Identification checks for expat customers | £40.00 |
| Completing leasehold checks on all tenement properties | £65.00 |
| Completing tenement checks on a flat or tenement property (Scotland) | £65.00 |
| Dealing with independent solicitors (hourly rate) | £175.00 |
| Dealing with independent solicitors (to send purchase monies only) | £40.00 |
| Dealing with lease extentions and amendments (acting for borrower, simple case) | £750.00 |
| Dealing with Stamp Duty Land Tax or Land Transaction Tax | £75.00 |
| Dealing with Transfer of Equity (excluding disbursements) | £245.00 |
| Drafting an assured shorthold tenancy | £95.00 |
| Drafting a statutory declaration | £50.00 |
| First registration at Land Registry (excluding Land Registry fee) | £95.00 |
| First registration in Scotland (from Sasine Register, excluding disbursements) (Complex registrations will incur higher fees with your law firm will confirm) | £95.00 |
| Forwarding a copy title information document/updated registers of title to customer | £20.00 |
| Forwarding pre-registration deeds and documents | £10.00 |
| Investigating bankruptcy entries per case (insolvency register check) | £30.00 |
| Investigating the title to additional land (including separate titles) | £45.00 |
| Obtaining a bespoke indemnity insurance policy (not a block policy, excluding policy premium) | £45.00 |
| Obtaining a letter of postponement from the Ministry of Defence or local authorities (per letter) | £50.00 |
| Obtaining a letter of undertaking regarding searches (Scotland) | £15.00 |
| Obtaining a letter of undertaking regarding title (Scotland) | £50.00 |
| Obtaining and registering a deed of postponement | £195.00 |
| Obtaining and reviewing an estate rent charge | £195.00 |
| Ordering documents or leases referred to in office copies (excluding disbursements) | £10.00 |
| Other additional work not listed here (hourly rate) | £175.00 |
| Processing a change of name or address at Land Registry | £20.00 |
| Purchasing an interim share in a shared ownership property (excluding disbursements) | £245.00 |
| Rectifying a defective title (hourly raye excluding disbursements) | £175.00 |
| Redeeming and discharging an Islamic finance loan | £245.00 |
| Redeeming and existing Help to Buy Equity loan | £75.00 |
| Registering a third-party transfer document (excluding disbursements) | £100.00 |
| Removing a personal charge (per charge) | £150.00 |
| Removing a tenancy in common restriction | £50.00 |
| Removing second and subsequent charges (per charge) | £30.00 |
| Reversing legal completion (excluding disbursements) | up to £390.00 |
| Satisfying a Land Registry Anti-Fraud Restriction | £75.00 |
| Satisfying a special condition in the mortgage offer (per condition) | £45.00 |
| Satisfying or removing a restriction or caution or ihibition (not for tenancy in common)nhi | £150.00 |
| Separating title and creation of servitude rights/burdens (Scotland) (excluding disbursements) | £195.00 |
| Storing title deeds (Scotland) (per annum) | £75.00 |
| Telegraphic transfer (same day payment) of surplus funds to the customer (per transfer) | £30.00 |
| Telegraphic transfer (same day payment) to redeem second or other existing loans | £30.00 |
| Validating the source of a shortfall over £5000 | £25.00 |
V1 March 2024