Your Council Tax is based on:Â·. 1  the valuation band of your property. 2  what your local council charges for a valuation band. 3  the people who live in that property and their circumstances.  whether you are eligible for any discounts or exemptions.
Lawyers can charge from Â£100 per hour to Â£250 per hour or more for probate work, depending on the seniority of the person on your case. If a simple estate took 10 hours it would be much cheaper than a more complex will taking 20 hoursâ work â and a solicitor would have to quote depending on your circumstances.ost choose to employ a probate solicitor or other professional. A solicitor may be named in the will as an executor â in which case, they will generally administer the estate and the cost of probate will be charged according to their scale at the time.
Probate Costs. The cost of probate may be set by state law or by practice and custom in your community, so it will differ from place to place. When all the costs are tallied, probate can easily cost from 3â7% of the total estate value, and more.The costs may include appraisal costs, personal representative fees, court costs, costs for a type of insurance policy known as a surety bond plus legal and accounting fees.n California, for example, the average estate takes 7â9 months to get through probate, if all goes well, but if there is something like a will contest or some other lawsuit, all bets are off.