Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. R Bell & Son publishes these 14 prices on its own website. The figures below are copied as the firm prints them. For your own matter, ask the firm for a written quote that includes disbursements.
What the firm offers:WillsProbateElderly client servicesConveyancingAs listed on the firm's own website, read 17 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate[1] | £220.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - fixed fee service limited to obtaining the grant, our charges[2] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration service, total costs estimate for 5 to 15 hours of work at the hourly rate[2] | £1,100.00 to £3,300 | + VAT |
| Residential sale of a freehold or leasehold property, sales up to £60,000.00 - our charges[3] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Residential sale of a freehold or leasehold property, sales up to £100,000.00 - our charges[3] | £600.00 | + VAT |
| Residential sale of a freehold or leasehold property, sales over £100,000.00 - our charges[3] | £700.00 | + VAT |
| Re-mortgage - our charges[3] | £375.00 | + VAT |
| Transfer of equity (any value) - our charges[3] | £400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase of a freehold or leasehold property, up to £40,000.00 - our charges[3] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase of a freehold or leasehold property, up to £80,000.00 - our charges[3] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase of a freehold or leasehold property, up to £100,000.00 - our charges[3] | £600.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase of a freehold or leasehold property, up to £200,000.00 - our charges[3] | £600.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase of a freehold or leasehold property, over £200,000.00 - our charges[3] | £700.00 | + VAT |
| Sale - electronic transfer of funds on redemption of a mortgage, additional fee (bank charge extra)[3] | £10.00 | + VAT |
Read from a PDF whose table columns did not extract cleanly; check each figure against the firm's own document.
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 17 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 6: Residential property, Landlord and tenant, Probate, Employment, Commercial property, Wills and trusts
- SRA firms in Hartlepool
- 7 (7 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 32a Victoria Road, Hartlepool, TS26 8DDDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Hartlepool | 01429 273165 |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Because R Bell & Son reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. The prices shown above, read 17 October 2026 from the firm's website, are for other services and do not include conveyancing. For conveyancing, ask the firm for a written quote. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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The SRA records the firm's constitution as partnership, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
R Bell & Son in gold at Hartlepool TS26 8DD, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 3 November 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.