Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Frettens LLP publishes these 36 prices on its own website. The figures below are copied as the firm prints them. For your own matter, ask the firm for a written quote that includes disbursements.
What the firm offers:Debt recoveryEmploymentEstate administration and probateResidential propertyAs listed on the firm's own website, read 7 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Probate - grant application only, no inheritance tax return[1] | £995 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant application only, no inheritance tax payable, form IHT205 only[1] | £1,100 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant application only, as the no-tax application with form IHT217 added[1] | £1,250 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant application only, no inheritance tax payable but form IHT400 and schedules required[1] | £1,925 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant application only, where any inheritance tax is payable[1] | £2,600 | + VAT |
| Probate - full estate administration where no inheritance tax is in issue[1] | £1,000 to £10,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - full estate administration where inheritance tax is in issue, minimum likely fee[1] | from £3,000 | + VAT |
| Estate administration - hourly rate, partner[1] | £345 per hour | + VAT |
| Estate administration - hourly rate, associate[1] | £280 per hour | + VAT |
| Estate administration - hourly rate, solicitor[1] | £280 per hour | + VAT |
| Estate administration - hourly rate, chartered legal executive[1] | £245 per hour | + VAT |
| Estate administration - hourly rate, trust administrator[1] | £195 per hour | + VAT |
| Estate administration - hourly rate, paralegal[1] | £135 per hour | + VAT |
| Item | Average fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Simple case | £7,000-£12,000 + VAT | + VAT |
| Medium complexity case | £12,000 - £25,000 + VAT | + VAT |
| High-complexity case | £25,000 - £50,000 + VAT | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £10,000 | £750 to £1500 + VAT | + VAT |
| £10,001 to £25,000 | £1500-£2500 + VAT | + VAT |
| £25,001 to £100,000 | From £2500 + VAT | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Debt recovery - initial review of documents and merits[3] | average £100 to £200 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - Letter Before Claim for a simple debt claim[3] | £250 to £500 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - requesting judgment in default[3] | from £100 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - issuing a statutory demand[3] | from £350 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - bankruptcy proceedings (our fee)[3] | from £1,750 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - winding up proceedings (our fee)[3] | from £2,500 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - sale of a freehold property, worked example for a property worth 225,000[4] | £900 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - purchase of a freehold property, worked example for a property worth 225,000[4] | £1,075 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - sale of a leasehold property, worked example for a property worth 225,000[4] | £1,150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - purchase of a leasehold property, worked example for a property worth 225,000[4] | £1,325 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, liaising with the lender to redeem a standard mortgage (sale)[4] | £150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, redemption of a Help to Buy equity loan (sale)[4] | £200 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, equity release redemption (sale)[4] | £300 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, shared ownership (sale)[4] | £150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, acting for a mortgage lender (purchase)[4] | £250 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, new build supplement or conversion (purchase)[4] | £500 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, shared ownership scheme (purchase)[4] | £500 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional fee, Help to Buy (purchase)[4] | £550 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - freehold remortgage for a loan of less than 500,000[4] | £499 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold remortgage for a loan of less than 500,000[4] | £595 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - expediting a matter[5] | £350.00 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 7 October 2026:
- [1]www.frettens.co.uk/site/personal-services/wills-estate-administration/estate_administration_costs
- [2]www.frettens.co.uk/site/personal-services/employment-law-employees/employees_tribunal_pricing
- [3]www.frettens.co.uk/site/business-services/debt-recovery/debt_recovery_costs
- [4]www.frettens.co.uk/cms/document/conveyancing-pricing.pdf (PDF)
- [5]www.frettens.co.uk/site/personal-services/residential-property
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Branch towns
- Ringwood, Wimborne
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 10: Landlord and tenant, Commercial property, Family, Children, Litigation, Probate, Residential property, Corporate (non-listed), Wills and trusts, Employment
- Companies House status
- Active (OC318659, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 24 March 2006
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- Frettens Solicitors
- SRA firms in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 56 (33 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | The Saxon Centre, 11 The Saxon Centre, Bargates, Christchurch, BH23 1PZDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 01202 499255 |
| Branch | 2 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 1DNDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | New Forest | 01425 610100 |
| Branch | 7-8 Church Street, Wimborne, BH21 1JHDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01202 148748 |
| Registered office | The Saxon Centre, 11 Bargates, Christchurch, BH23 1PZ | not a practising office |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Because Frettens LLP reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. This firm's published conveyancing prices are shown above, read 7 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at frettens.co.uk for any update before instructing it. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Companies House record
FRETTENS LLP, company number OC318659, limited liability partnership, incorporated 24 March 2006. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 June 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: CHRISTCHURCH. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Frettens LLP in gold at Christchurch BH23 1PZ, its 2 other practising offices in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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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 6 October 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.