Completed the sale of my flat in Falmouth last April but my buyer keeps whats apping me to moan that his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?

Following your sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the purchaser's conveyancer. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor should also evidence that the legal charge in favour of the lender has been paid off to the purchasers solicitors. There are no post completion procedures just for conveyancing in Falmouth.

Please help - my lawyer advises that chancel insurance is required on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Falmouth?

The right level of chancel indemnity insurance should be dictated by who who your lender is. It would differ for example between Birmingham Midshires and Virgin Money. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to borrowers take out such insurances.

I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Falmouth. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £200. A few days later, the conveyancer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Santander conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Santander panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

After shopping around on the internet I have found a Falmouth conveyancing practitioner having made sure that they are on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel. Does my lawyer arrange the survey of the property?

Yorkshire BS will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Yorkshire BS will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own Falmouth surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller.

Over the last few months I have been searching for a ground for flat up to £305k and identified one round the corner in Falmouth I like with open areas and station in the vicinity, however it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Falmouth for this price, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you need a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Discount the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for a minimum of 2 years you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.

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Is it true that a Falmouth conveyancing practice has court proceedings brought against them by clients for not carrying out comprehensive conveyancing searches?

We are not aware of such a Falmouth conveyancing claim but it has been reported that, a couple purchasing a property elsewhere in England successfully sued their solicitor as a consequence of development plans to build a wind farm not being picked up in conveyancing searches.

Where you are thinking of buying a home in Falmouth It is critical that your lawyer conduct all Falmouth conveyancing searches needed making sure that you have relevant and current information before acquiring a home in Falmouth.