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SRA-regulated solicitors in St Albans: 19 firms reporting residential property
48 authorised firms with a practising office in the St Albans district on 3 November 2026, from the SRA's own data feed. Conveyancing firms first, ordered by distance from the centre of the district's offices; every one must publish its prices under the SRA Transparency Rules.
On 3 November 2026 the SRA register listed 48 authorised firms with a practising office in St Albans, operating 53 offices between them. 19 firms report residential property work in the most recent annual return, 40 list a website and 21 have more than one practising office. By authorisation type the district splits into 31 recognised body, 11 licensed body and 6 recognised sole practice.
The longest-standing authorisation in the district dates from November 2011 and the most recent from June 2026; 2 firms were authorised in the twelve months before the snapshot. 34 of the 48 firms carry a company registration number that matched a Companies House record. The most commonly reported areas of law here are family (22), wills and trusts (20), residential property (19), probate (18) and commercial property (18).
Every one of the 19 firms reporting residential property work is required by the SRA Transparency Rules to publish its conveyancing prices on its website, or to supply them on request where it has none. 18 of them list a website in the register, and this site has located a published price page for 3. For context, the national purchase legal fee on this site averages £1,575 plus VAT (range £1,200 to £2,500).
National purchase legal fee: £1,575 average, range £1,200 to £2,500 plus VAT, before disbursements. See the conveyancing fee guide and calculator.
Firms reporting residential property work in St Albans
48 of 48 firms plotted at their St Albans office, 19 of them reporting residential property. Hover a row to find it on the map.
pinned on the office postcode postcode did not resolve (1 here), so the pin marks the area and not the door
Outline: St Albans district outline (ONS E07000240). On the still map, offices sharing a point are drawn once; the interactive map plots every one and groups them as you zoom out.
Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
| Firm | Office in St Albans | From centre | Authorised | Also reported | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debenhams Ottaway LLP t/a Debenhams Ottaway | St. Albans AL1 3EW Head office | 1.6 km | Recognised body since 2012 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Eric Coates | St. Albans AL1 3SA Head office | 1.8 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | none reported | on request |
| GT Stewart Limited t/a GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates Prices publishedfee table | St. Albans AL3 4DG Branch | 1.9 km | Recognised body since 2016 | FamilyWills and trusts | Read the price page |
| SA Law LLP | St. Albans AL1 3UU Head office | 1.9 km | Licensed body since 2015 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Moore SGD Law LLP t/a Moore SGD Law | St Albans AL1 3RD Branch (+1 more here) | 2.2 km | Licensed body since 2026 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Photiades Solicitors LTD t/a Photiades Solicitors | St. Albans AL1 1NG Head office | 2.2 km | Recognised body since 2012 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Sherrards Solicitors LLP t/a Sherrards | St. Albans AL1 3RD Head office | 2.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateFamily | Website |
| Bryan & Mercer LTD t/a Bryan and Mercer Solicitors | St. Albans AL1 1LJ Head office | 2.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trusts | Website |
| Abbey Law Limited t/a Abbey Law | St Albans AL1 4JS Head office | 2.4 km | Recognised body since 2019 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Poole Alcock LLP Prices published | St. Albans AL1 3TF Branch (+1 more here) | 2.5 km | Licensed body since 2020 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Read the price page |
| Rise Legal (STB) Limited t/a Rise Legal | St. Albans AL1 3TF Head office | 2.5 km | Licensed body since 2018 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Taylor Walton LLP | St. Albans AL1 1HQ Branch (+1 more here) | 2.7 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Richardsons Solicitors | St. Albans AL3 6RS Head office | 3.3 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | Wills and trusts | Website |
| Labrums Solicitors LLP | St. Albans AL1 2HA Head office | 3.9 km | Recognised body since 2013 | ProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Wright & Co | Harpenden AL5 2TL Head office | 5.2 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | Probate | Website |
| Wright Tamana-Sugden | Harpenden AL5 2TL Head office | 5.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | none reported | Website |
| Neves Limited t/a Neves Solicitors | Harpenden AL5 2SL Branch | 5.5 km | Recognised body since 2025 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Hedges Law Limited t/a Hedges Law Prices publishedfee table | Harpenden AL5 4US Branch | 6.1 km | Licensed body since 2016 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Read the price page |
| Paul Berg & Taylor | Harpenden AL5 3BL Head office | 6.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Probate | Website |
"From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of all practising offices in the district. Rows without a link are firms whose SRA record is too sparse for a page of their own. "Also reported" shows probate, wills and family where the firm reported them. The "Prices published" badge means we read a conveyancing price page on that firm's own website and confirmed what it covers; a firm without one may still publish prices we did not find. Hover or tap a row to find that office on the map.
Other SRA-regulated firms with an office in St Albans (29, no residential property reported)
Published conveyancing fees near St Albans
53 firms within 25 km of the centre of the St Albans district publish, on their own websites, a freehold purchase fee that covers a £300,000 property. The SRA Transparency Rules require the figure; we read each page and show the fee as the firm printed it, with the page and the date. Ordered by that published fee, lowest first, showing the 25 lowest. A range or "from" price is placed by its lower figure and labelled; a firm with a band table shows the band its own table assigns to £300,000. 1 firm within the same distance had no published price when we read its websites. Other services, other prices and your own postcode are on the published-fee comparison.
| Firm | Published fee at £300,000 | Basis | Office | From centre | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Partners Limited SRA 499315 | £595 to £8,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - base legal fees, typical range · +1 more on the firm page | Luton | 12.1 km | www.smithfieldpartners.com, read 7 October 2026 |
| Bottrills Solicitors LLP SRA 627098 | average £650 to £3,500 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - standard transaction, costs typically | Watford | 15.5 km | bottrillssolicitorsllp.com, read 16 October 2026 |
| Barnes and Partners SRA 55002 | £700.00 to £1,500.00 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase, acting on your behalf | Enfield | 21.9 km | barnesandpartners.com, read 7 October 2026 |
| Brunswick Law LTD. SRA 629936 | £750.00 to £1,500.00 + VAT if applicable | range · Residential conveyancing - fixed fees | London | 24.8 km | www.brunswicksolicitors.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Keith Flower & Co LTD SRA 8003398 | £755 to £995 + VAT | band "£200,000 to £499,000" · Freehold residential purchase - legal fees by purchase price | Pinner | 19.5 km | www.keithflower.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Solomon Solicitors SRA 553647 | From £850.00 + VAT | band "up to £499,999" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, our fees start from, by price band | Luton | 13.1 km | solomonsolicitors.co.uk, read 18 October 2026 |
| City Law Chambers LTD SRA 625902 | £900.00 to £1500.00 + VAT | range · Purchase of a leasehold or freehold residential property - legal fee | Luton | 13.4 km | www.citylawchambers.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Ata & Co SRA 607600 | £900 + VAT if applicable | band "£250,000 - £500,000" · Conveyancing - freehold, fee by property price | Harrow | 21.1 km | atalaw.co.uk, read 7 October 2026 |
| Marsh & Partners Limited SRA 654765 | £900.00 + VAT if applicable | band "Up to £300,000.00" · Freehold purchase - professional fees by property value | Enfield | 22.2 km | www.marshandpartners.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Duffield Harrison LLP SRA 383068 | from £900 + VAT | from · Residential conveyancing - fees typically range from this amount (up to 1% of the agreed property price) | Hoddesdon | 22.5 km | www.duffieldharrison.co.uk, read 17 October 2026 |
| Carr Richards Solicitors LTD SRA 597239 | £975 + VAT | fixed · Residential purchase of a freehold property in the price band £200,000 to £500,000, worked example: legal fee | Hemel Hempstead | 6.6 km | www.carr-richards.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| McLellans SRA 559490 | £985 + VAT | band "£200,001 – £300,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchase of a freehold property, fee by full market value | Hertford | 18.0 km | mclellans.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| KSD Solicitors SRA 8008750 | £1,000 + VAT | fixed · Residential purchase - legal fee, freehold purchase with a mortgage (purchase price not more than £300,000.00) | North Harrow | 20.7 km | www.ksdsolicitors.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Pearl & Co SRA 596491 | £1,000 + VAT | band "Up to £300,000" · Residential conveyancing - freehold sale or purchase, fee by price | London | 21.9 km | www.pearlandcosolicitors.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| David Barney & Company LLP SRA 8011209 | from £1095.00 + VAT | from · Residential conveyancing - fixed prices start from | Stevenage | 17.8 km | www.davidbarney.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Mills Chody LLP SRA 487179 | £1,095 + VAT | band "£250,000-£500,000" · Residential conveyancing - single sale or purchase, charge by transaction value | Harrow | 20.5 km | www.millschody.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Paul Berg & Taylor SRA 68120 | £1,100 + VAT | band "less than £500,000" · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase | Harpenden | 6.3 km | pbtlaw.com, read 6 October 2026 |
| Taylor Walton LLP SRA 465571 | £1,150 + VAT | band "Up to £400,000" · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase, fee by property price | Luton | 13.5 km | taylorwalton.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Austins LLP SRA 439384 | £1,200 + VAT | band "Up to £500k" · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase, fee by house price | Berkhamsted | 15.6 km | www.austinslaw.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Kreston Law Limited SRA 649954 | £1,200 + VAT if applicable | band "Up to £800,000" · Residential sale and purchase (freehold) - base fee by price | Enfield | 22.2 km | krestonsolicitors.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| AST Law Limited SRA 8004439 | from £1,250.00 + VAT | from · Sale and purchase | Middlesex | 17.0 km | astlaw.co.uk, read 18 October 2026 |
| Chris Raja Solicitors LTD SRA 827112 | £1,250.00 + VAT | fixed · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase of freehold properties not exceeding £550,000 · +1 more on the firm page | Stanmore | 18.7 km | chrisraja.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| KTS Legal Limited SRA 565242 | £1250 + VAT | band "Up to £400,000" · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase, professional fees by transaction value · +1 more on the firm page | London | 23.1 km | www.ktslegal.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Arlington Crown Solicitors Limited SRA 569620 | £1,250 to £2,950 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - purchase, property value up to the stated limit | London | 23.3 km | arlingtoncrown.com, read 16 October 2026 |
| Layzells Law LLP SRA 622994 | £1,250.00 to £4,500.00 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - sale and purchase transactions, fee range | London | 24.0 km | layzellslaw.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
Prices the firms themselves publish under the SRA Transparency Rules, read from their websites on the dates shown and reproduced unchanged. They are not quotes, we have not asked the firms for quotes, and no firm paid to appear or to be placed higher. Assumes a registered freehold property, one buyer, no mortgage and no supplements unless the firm's label says otherwise; disbursements, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry fees are not included. "From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of the district's practising offices to the firm's head office. See how the fees firms publish compare across England and Wales.
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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.