We were selling a property last year, but it didn't happen.
We still received a bill from our solicitor for the work they did ( for over $800!) which we paid.
Recently, our solicitor has advised us they are moving to a new firm and sent us a form to sign advising the old firm that we would like our solicitor to take the file with her.
We then received another bill from the old firm, for nearly $200 for "admin fees" for transferring the file.
I feel it is a big rip off by them. They hold more than that of ours in their trust account, that they expect to take their admin fee out of.
I have had sales files moved before and was never charged a fee.
Is this normal practice?
We still received a bill from our solicitor for the work they did ( for over $800!) which we paid.
Recently, our solicitor has advised us they are moving to a new firm and sent us a form to sign advising the old firm that we would like our solicitor to take the file with her.
We then received another bill from the old firm, for nearly $200 for "admin fees" for transferring the file.
I feel it is a big rip off by them. They hold more than that of ours in their trust account, that they expect to take their admin fee out of.
I have had sales files moved before and was never charged a fee.
Is this normal practice?