Is my real estate lawyer robbing me blind right now?? Has anyone used Ownright instead or. other alternatives??
Posted in another sub, but figured id cross post here:
so me and my husband are literally so excited because we just bought our first like cute little semi-detached house in Leslieville!! It was $1.4 million which is crazy but we love it. But we just got the bill from the lawyer person and I am questioning what they sent us
When we talked to them at first they said it would be like $1,500 for the legal stuff which was like fine whatever. But today they sent the final paper thing and the total is somehow almost $5,000?? Like excuse me what?
I’m looking at the list and it makes zero sense. They are charging $1,100 for "title insurance" but I literally already paid the land transfer tax to the city so aren't they just charging me twice for the exact same thing?
And then there’s a $450 charge for "software fees." since when do I have to pay for your laptop subscription? It’s a digital world why am I paying for you to open a folder on a computer. And $175 for couriers when we literally do everything on Zoom? Like who is driving to my house, nobody
My husband is just like whatever let's just pay it so we don't lose the house but I feel like we are getting totally hosed by this old school law firm.
Is there like anything I can do?? Like are there any other hidden fees that are going to pop up on closing day that I should be freaked out about? Or is there like a better modern way to do this nowadays that doesn't include all these random extra charges?
Now that i have been doing some googling I am getting ads all over the place and Ownright came up quite a bit. I am leary of just ending up paying more fees to someone else/other company. Has anyone used them or any competitor of them that they would recommend/be able to share their experiences?
Any input would be appreciated !