That seems amazingly expensive from here in Scotland (I make the distinction as the legal system and the process of house selling/buying is different to the res

That seems amazingly expensive from here in Scotland (I make the distinction as the legal system and the process of house selling/buying is different to the reset of the UK) - we bought and sold properties a few years back and went for an up-market solicitors to handle the process. They were very good and the marketing materials and videos they produced were excellent quality (e.g. the photographer and her assistant were there for a couple of hours - moving a lot of furniture in the process). The full cost for selling and buying was well under 1% of the house we sold.