I am having some coveyancing work done to buy a flat.
The solicitor has added his fees plus his costs to the purchase price and he wants all the money by the day of completion (next Tuesday).
Is it normal to pay him his fees & costs by completion day?
Thank you for any information
Zak
-------------------------------- By way of background ... I was quoted a fixed price. As I am living in the flat I told him not to bother with local searches nor did he have any mortgage related work as I didn't end up taking out a mortgage.
On the other hand, the solicitor has had to do some unexpected work to vary the lease.
At present his bill is just a single line in a document called "Completion Statement" which he gave me yesterday. On the phone today, he says I will get a breakdown of his fees on completion day. Do I have to wait until then?