Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Paul F. Harfitt & Co publishes these 15 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:Residential propertyAs listed on the firm's own website, read 19 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Conveyancing - standard hourly rate on which the scale of fees is based[1] | £250 per hour | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - typical or standard sale of a registered property, legal fees up to a property value of £650,000[1] | £800 to £1,750 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - simple freehold purchase of a registered property, legal fees up to a property value of £650,000[1] | £850.00 to £2,000.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - sale of a leasehold or shared ownership property, additional charge[1] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - purchase of a leasehold or shared ownership property, additional charge[1] | £200 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - bank transfer administration fee for transfer of funds by CHAPS same day transfer (stated in the worked examples)[1] | £40.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: sale of a registered freehold property valued at £350,000, legal costs[1] | £1,000.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: sale of a registered leasehold property valued at £200,000, legal costs before the leasehold addition[1] | £900.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: purchase of a freehold registered property valued at £350,000.00, legal costs including the Stamp Duty Land Tax return and Land Registry application[1] | £1,165.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: purchase of a leasehold registered property valued at £250,000.00, legal costs including the Stamp Duty Land Tax return and Land Registry application, before the leasehold addition[1] | £1,065.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - full estate administration, hourly rate (time element)[2] | £250 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - full estate administration, cost estimate for a simple, straightforward estate of modest value with no Inheritance Tax liabilities[2] | average £2,250 | + VAT |
| Probate - full estate administration, cost estimate for a high value estate with Inheritance Tax liabilities, multiple properties to sell and beneficiaries living in other countries[2] | average £2,250 to £80,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant only service for an estate without Inheritance Tax liability, from[2] | from £1,250 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant only service for an estate with Inheritance Tax liability, from[2] | from £2,250 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 19 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised sole practice
- Organisation type
- Recognised sole practice, authorised
- Constitution
- Sole practitioner
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 4: Commercial property, Wills and trusts, Residential property, Probate
- Trading names
- Harfitts
- SRA firms in Shropshire
- 48 (34 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | The Old Bank, 20 High Street, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AADirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Shropshire | 01939 232775 |
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 Paul F. Harfitt & Co reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. This firm's published conveyancing prices are shown above, read 19 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at harfitts.co.uk for any update before instructing it. 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 sole practitioner, 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.
Paul F. Harfitt & Co in gold at Shrewsbury SY4 5AA, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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