Buying a house:
£750 - Lawyer's Fee
(ignoring the increasingly frantic calls from your client while you indulge in extended lunches costs money, y'know?)
£1999.50 - Stamp duty
(the government likes their share. Of course they do.)
£150 - Registration fee
(tippexing out the name of the old owner and writing my name in its place is something that takes time and effort)
£179 - Local authority search
(the most expensive press of the 'return' key on any keyboard in the world anywhere)
£34.08 - Environment search
(sniffing the ground around the house to see if it smells funny or not)
£35.25 - Bank transfer fee
(sending data down them wires don't come for free. Oh, wait a minute, it does, but we're banks and don't give a shit)
£4 - Land registry
(gotta love those photocopying charges)
