Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership publishes these 39 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:WillsLasting powers of attorneyProbate and estate administrationResidential conveyancingCommercial propertyFamily lawMotoring offencesAs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate (maximum), partners | £250 per hour | + VAT |
| Hourly rate (maximum), senior solicitors / associate | £250 per hour | + VAT |
| Hourly rate (maximum), assistant solicitors and Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives | £220 per hour | + VAT |
| Hourly rate (maximum), trainee solicitors | £120 to £150 per hour | + VAT |
| Hourly rate (maximum), paralegals | £200 per hour | + VAT |
| Wills - straightforward single will | £200 | + VAT |
| Wills - straightforward mirror will | £395 | + VAT |
| Lasting power of attorney - single person, either Health & Welfare or Property & Affairs | £395 | + VAT |
| Lasting power of attorney - single person, both Health & Welfare and Property & Affairs | £695 | + VAT |
| Lasting power of attorney - two people, either Health & Welfare or Property & Affairs | £695 | + VAT |
| Lasting power of attorney - two people, both Health & Welfare and Property & Affairs | £1,295 | + VAT |
| Probate - obtaining the grant, total fixed fee | £750 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant where the estate requires a full inheritance tax account and schedules, costs start from | from £1500 | + VAT |
| Probate - estate administration, hourly work (5 to 20 hours) at the hourly rate depending on the fee earner | £200 to £250 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - estate administration, additional charge as a percentage of the value of the estate (excluding the deceased’s house) | 1.5% | + VAT |
| Probate - estate administration, additional charge as a percentage of the value of the deceased’s house or their share in it | 0.75% | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £100,000 | £610 | + VAT |
| £100,000 – £200,000 | £720 | + VAT |
| £200,000 – £350,000 | £825 | + VAT |
| £350,000 – £500,000 | £940 | + VAT |
| £500,000 plus | On application, subject to transaction details | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £100,000 | £655 | + VAT |
| £100,000 – £200,000 | £770 | + VAT |
| £200,000 – £350,000 | £950 | + VAT |
| £350,000 – £500,000 | £1,050 | + VAT |
| £500,000 plus | On application, subject to transaction details | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Residential conveyancing - Remortgage | £550 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Council house purchase | £650 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Transfer of equity (existing mortgage remaining) | £500 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Transfer of equity (new mortgage to same lender) | £600 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Transfer of equity (new mortgage, new lender) | £660 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Help to Buy loan (discharge) or shared ownership | £350 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Help to Buy ISA | £75 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Leasehold house | £125 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - CHAPS charge | £35 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Unregistered title | £150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Bespoke deed of trust (to vary beneficial ownership in the property only) | £125 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Freehold reversion (where lease already owned) | from £400 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Gifted deposit fee | £75 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Deed of variation (leasehold or freehold titles) | £250 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Leasehold flat supplement | £180 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Tyneside Flat supplement | £125 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - ID verification fee | £23 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - Lease extension (does not include costs of dealing with existing lender requirements) | £495 | + VAT |
| Commercial property - standard freehold commercial purchases, estimated fees begin at | from £1,000 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - Magistrates Court early guilty plea, fixed fee | £300 to £500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - Magistrates Court trial | £800 to £1,200 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at therichmondpartnership.co.uk/our-fees, read 19 October 2026.
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Family, Children, Criminal, Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Residential property, Probate
- Trading names
- Grierson Shaw & Co Part of the RichmondPartnership
- Previous names (SRA)
- Richmond Anderson Goudie; The Richmond Partnership incorporating Richmond Anderson Goudie
- SRA firms in County Durham
- 35 (28 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Flake Cottages, Cone Terrace, Chester le Street, DH3 3TADirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | County Durham | 0191 388 7884 |
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 Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership 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 therichmondpartnership.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 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.
Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership in gold at Chester le Street DH3 3TA, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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