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.
1 Probate laws vary considerably by state, so costs vary also. 2  A Utah attorney estimates that the average cost of probating an uncontested will there is $2,000-$3,000.3  An attorney in the state of Washington pegs it at $2,500-$5,000. Depending on the complexity of the circumstances, total probate costs are estimated to run 2-7 percent of the value of the estate, or $2,000-$7,000 for an estate (house, cars, stocks, bonds, bank accounts, etc.) worth $100,000. 2  Probate laws vary considerably by state, so costs vary also.