jim r Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 We recently sold a house, we had an offer which fell through and a back up offer to the successful sale. The lawyer has charged us $250 for the first and $250 for the second a total of $500 even though we had no contact with him. The selling agent says that she had to present the offers to the lawyer and that he has charged us for the work he did ( even though she has never heard of such a thing happening in the past ) neither have we and we have moved houses lots of times. Has anyone else had this experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 It's odd, but a property discharge (was there a property discharge?) involves a bit of work. It's not complicated or anything, but $300 or so is the norm. Most lawyers will just charge one fee and not break it down based on the number of offers they have had to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 When I was looking at buying a house I put in an offer to a house with the condition that I would purchase if I could also purchase the small section behind it. The house vendor accepted my offer but the section owner did not. So I never continued with the house purchase. However the realestate agent put through the paperwork for the house to the lawyer before the section owner made a decesion. So the lawer had to process this and I was charged for something that never went ahead and was a waste of money. I wasn't very happy with the RE agent but they said they have to put through approved purchase aggrements as soon as they are accepted. :an!gry $100 Lesson learnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 That sounds like what has happened here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 These charges were over and above all other fees which amounted to a grand total of $1750. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reef Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Has anyone else had this experience? It is odd, However cheaper than than dealing with MAF, they charge over $1500 to count a few fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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