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Are you getting the best deal on your searches?

We know times are hard at the moment, and every penny counts, especially in something as expensive as buying a house. Homebuyers are looking to save money wherever possible, and this includes looking for the best available deals on conveyancing.

This puts pressure on conveyancing firms to cut prices, and alongside high search and case management fees, this can severely cut into profits. It’s imperative that firms are able to offer competitive prices while maintaining both profit levels and the high level of service customers deserve.

That’s where we can help.

Severn Trent Searches can offer pricing tailored to your firm’s individual needs. Besides great deals on our own CON29DW Drainage and Water Enquiry, we can offer discounts on a wide range of searches, including top providers like Landmark, Groundsure and Argyll.

Competitive discounts across our range of searches are available to all our regular customers, and we’re happy to quote you bespoke prices on all your products. Our easy-to-use ordering system means you can order everything you need in one place.  And unlike using a case management system, we won’t charge you a premium for your searches or any hidden fees, just high quality, competitively priced searches.

So, get in touch. You’ll be surprised how much you can save.

New local authority prices from 1st April

A number of local authorities are amending their prices from Monday 1st April. The table below shows which authorities within the Severn Trent region are affected. Authorities who have confirmed they will not be amending their prices are also indicated. Other authorities will be added as soon as we have confirmation of their pricing.

For online customers, the new prices will automatically be shown when ordering. For customers ordering by post, any orders received prior to 1st April will be completed at the current price.

Authority CON29 (exc. VAT) CON29 (incl. VAT) LLC1 (no VAT) Total fee (incl. VAT and admin fee*)
Amber Valley** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Ashfield (Residential)** – No Change £89.57 £107.48 £36.54 £144.02
Ashfield (Commercial)** – No Change £117.15 £140.58 £36.54 £177.12
Bassetlaw TBC TBC TBC TBC
Birmingham** £79.17 £95.00 £35.00 £130.00
Blaby (Residential)** £120.00 £144.00 £15.00 £159.00
Blaby (Commercial)** £140.00 £168.00 £15.00 £183.00
Bolsover (Residential)** £89.69 £107.63 £25.00 £132.63
Bolsover (Commercial)** £116.60 £139.92 £44.00 £183.92
Bromsgrove (Residential)** £144.80 £173.76 £15.00 £188.76
Bromsgrove (Commercial)** £197.40 £236.88 £15.00 £251.88
Broxtowe** £85.60 £102.72 £33.00 £135.72
Cannock Chase TBC TBC TBC TBC
Charnwood £95.00 £114.00 £29.30 £151.70
Cheltenham TBC TBC TBC TBC
Chesterfield** £95.33 £114.40 £59.80 £174.20
Cotswold TBC TBC TBC TBC
Coventry (Residential)** £138.00 £165.60 £25.00 £190.60
Coventry (Commercial)** £178.00 £213.60 £25.00 £238.60
Derby (Residential)** – No Change £78.75 £94.50 £20.00 £114.50
Derby (Commercial)** – No Change £228.87 £274.64 £50.00 £324.64
Derbyshire Dales** £135.00 £162.00 £35.00 £197.00
Doncaster £66.25 £79.50 £28.00 £115.90
Dudley** £121.67 £146.00 £15.00 £161.00
East Staffordshire** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Erewash (Residential) £155.88 £187.06 £30.00 £225.46
Erewash (Commercial) £167.88 £201.46 £30.00 £239.86
Forest Of Dean TBC TBC TBC TBC
Gedling (from 27th March) £100.62 £120.74 £15.00 £144.14
Gloucester TBC TBC TBC TBC
Harborough** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Herefordshire** TBC TBC TBC TBC
High Peak TBC TBC TBC TBC
Hinckley & Bosworth (Residential)** £120.00 £144.00 £30.00 £174.00
Hinckley & Bosworth (Commercial)** £140.00 £168.00 £30.00 £198.00
Leicester** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Lichfield** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Malvern Hills £132.75 £159.30 £15.00 £182.70
Mansfield** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Melton (Residential)** £ 131.92 £158.30 £30.00 £188.30
Melton (Commercial)** £175.50 £210.60 £43.70 £254.30
Newark & Sherwood (Residential)** – No Change £93.33 £112.00 £15.00 £127.00
Newark & Sherwood (Commercial)** – No Change £123.33 £148.00 £15.00 £163.00
Newcastle Under Lyme (Residential)** £138.00 £165.60 £15.00 £180.60
Newcastle Under Lyme (Commercial)** £344.00 £412.80 £15.00 £427.80
North East Derbyshire TBC TBC TBC TBC
North Lincolnshire (Residential) – No Change £65.00 £78.00 £30.00 £116.40
North Lincolnshire (Commercial) – No Change £123.33 £148.00 £30.00 £186.40
North Warwickshire** £130.00 £156.00 £35.00 £191.00
North West Leicestershire (Residential)** – No Change £98.00 £117.60 £15.00 £132.60
North West Leicestershire (Commercial)** – No Change £128.00 £153.60 £15.00 £168.60
Nottingham** – No Change £85.00 £102.00 £31.00 £133.00
Nuneaton & Bedworth** £110.00 £132.00 £15.00 £147.00
Oadby & Wigston (Residential)** £120.00 £144.00 £30.00 £174.00
Oadby & Wigston (Commercial)** £140.00 £168.00 £30.00 £198.00
Powys £147.50 £177.00 £6.00 £191.40
Redditch (Residential)** £144.80 £173.76 £15.00 £188.76
Redditch (Commercial)** £197.40 £236.88 £15.00 £251.88
Rotherham £91.67 £110.00 £27.00 £145.40
Rugby TBC TBC TBC TBC
Rushcliffe** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Rutland £104.17 £125.00 £15.00 £148.40
Sandwell (Residential)** £89.25 £107.10 £15.00 £122.10
Sandwell (Commercial)** £184.38 £221.26 £15.00 £236.26
Shropshire** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Solihull** TBC TBC TBC TBC
South Derbyshire** TBC TBC TBC TBC
South Staffordshire TBC TBC TBC TBC
Stafford** – No Change £73.59 £88.31 £9.03 £97.34
Staffordshire Moorlands (Residential)** £75.50 £90.60 £29.70 £120.30
Staffordshire Moorlands (Commercial)** £115.50 £138.60 £41.85 £180.45
Staffordshire Moorlands (In National Park) (Residential)** £75.50 £90.60 £29.70 £120.30
Staffordshire Moorlands (In National Park) (Commercial)** £115.50 £138.60 £41.85 £180.45
Stoke On Trent (Residential)** – No Change £58.60 £70.32 £25.00 £95.32
Stoke On Trent (Commercial)** – No Change £69.00 £82.80 £23.70 £106.50
Stratford-On-Avon £105.00 £126.00 £15.00 £149.40
Stroud – No Change £123.00 £147.60 £25.00 £181.00
Tamworth (Residential) £117.00 £140.40 £33.00 £181.80
Tamworth (Commercial) £160.00 £192.00 £33.00 £233.40
Telford & Wrekin – No Change £75.00 £90.00 £30.00 £128.40
Tewkesbury £140.00 £168.00 £0.00 £176.40
Walsall** TBC TBC TBC TBC
Warwick – No Change £130.00 £156.00 £15.00 £179.40
West Lindsey £142.33 £170.80 £15.00 £194.20
West Northamptonshire (Residential) £95.25 £114.30 £37.40 £160.10
West Northamptonshire (Commercial) £121.75 £146.10 £37.40 £191.90
Wolverhampton** – No Change £45.00 £54.00 £15.00 £69.00
Worcester** £122.33 £146.80 £27.10 £173.90
Wychavon** £132.75 £159.30 £24.00 £183.30
Wyre Forest £141.01 £169.21 £15.00 £192.61

* £7:00 (plus VAT) where applicable

** Admin fee waiver

Should you have any queries regarding these changes, please do not hesitate to contact us.

New coal search prices from 1st April

The price of Coal Authority searches will be increasing from Monday 1st April.

New prices are shown in the table below.

Product Current Price (exc. VAT) Current Price (incl. VAT) Price (exc. VAT) from 1st April  Price (incl. VAT) from 1st April
Coal Mining CON29M Residential £40.34 £48.41 £41.95 £50.34
Coal Mining CON29M Commercial £95.67 £114.80 £99.50 £119.40
Coal Mining No Search Certificate £25.17 £30.20 £26.18 £31.42
Coal Mining No Search Certificate Commercial £25.17 £30.20 £26.18 £31.42
Ground Stability Residential £69.90 £83.88 £74.70 £89.64
 Ground Stability Residential off coalfield £52.86 £63.43 £56.97 £68.36
Coal Authority Ground Stability Commercial £152.29 £182.75 £160.38 £192.46
Mine Entry Interpretive Report Residential £142.69 £171.23 £148.32 £177.98
Mine Entry Interpretive Report Commercial £142.69 £171.23 £148.32 £177.98
Subsidence Buffer Report Residential £23.73 £28.48 £24.60 £29.52
Subsidence Buffer Report Commercial £23.73 £28.48 £24.60 £29.52

If you have any queries regarding these changes, please do not hesitate to contact us.

CON29DW price changes from 1st April

We will be amending the price of our CON29DW Residential and CON29DW Commercial drainage and water searches from Monday 1st April.

The CON29DW Residential will increase by £4.00 to £58.00 (£69.60 incl. VAT), as will related products. The £10 supplement for postal orders will increase to £11.00.

The CON29DW Commercial will also increase by £17.00 to £247.00 (£296.40 incl. VAT).

For online customers, the new prices will automatically be shown when ordering. For customers ordering by post, any orders received prior to 1st April will be completed at the current price.

A summary of the price changes can be seen in the table below:

Product Current Price (exc. VAT) Current Price (incl. VAT) Price (exc. VAT) from 1st April  Price (incl. VAT) from 1st April
CON29DW Residential £54.00 £64.80 £58.00 £69.60
CON29DW Residential + printed copy £64.00 £76.80 £69.00 £82.80
CON29DW Residential Multi-site £54.00 Add. Parcels £20.00 £64.80 Add. Parcels £24.00 £58.00 Add. Parcels £20.00 £69.60 Add. Parcels £24.00
CON29DW Residential Expedited £76.00 £91.20 £80.00 £96.00
CON29DW Residential Refresh £37.00 £44.40 £41.00 £49.20
CON29DW Commercial £230.00 £276.00 £247.00 £296.40

Other CON29DWs

There will also be changes for some CON29DW searches from other companies from 1st April:

Safemove (Yorkshire Water): CON29DW Residential – £48.00 (£57.60 incl. VAT)

Geodesys (Anglian Water): CON29DW Residential – £60.10 (£72.12 incl. VAT). CON29DW Commercial –£215.00 (£258.00 incl. VAT). From 4th March

Thames Water: CON29DW Residential –£56.00 (£67.20 incl. VAT).CON29DW Commercial – £144.30 (£173.16 incl. VAT).

Wessex Water: CON29DW Residential –£51.17 (£61.40 incl. VAT).CON29DW Commercial – £135.36 (£162.43 incl. VAT).

Leep Utilities: CON29DW Residential – £60.33 (£72.40 incl. VAT)

Any additional changes will be added to this list prior to April.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thames and Northumbrian CON29DW price increases from 1st February

The price of residential CON29DWs from Thames and Northumbrian Water will be increasing from Thursday 1st February.

Thames residential CON29DW will be increasing to £53.04 (£63.65 incl. VAT). The Commercial CON29DW will remain unchanged at £137.00 (£164.40 incl. VAT).

For Northumbrian Water, the residential CON29DW will be increasing to £47.33 (£56.80 incl. VAT). There is no change to their Commercial Drainage and Water Enquiry, which will remain at £140.00 (£168.00 incl. VAT).

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.