Me and my wife are acquiring our first house. The lawyer has contact usto see if we wish to take out supplemental conveyancing searches. Unfortunately we are clueless as to what's relevant for conveyancing in Nantwich

The scope of Nantwich conveyancing searches depends primarily on the property, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your familiarity of the area and risks, your general attitude to risk. What matters is that you adequately appreciate what information the searches could give you. You may then decide if you consider that you need that information. If unsure, ask your solicitor to guide you.

We're in Nantwich, FTBs purchasing with a mortgage (lender is TSB , and our lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?

The fact that your lawyer is on the TSB conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a timeframe for your conveyancing, due to third parties outside of your control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain.

We are buying a property and the lawyer has mentioned Chancel Repair to which the property may be obligated to pay given it’s proximity to the area of such a church. She has recommended insurance. Is this really required for conveyancing in Nantwich

Unless a prior purchase of the premises took place after 12 October 2013 you could assume that lawyers delivering conveyancing in Nantwich to remain recommending a chancel search and or chancel repair liability policy.

In my capacity as executor for the estate of my uncle I am disposing of a property in Neath but I am based in Nantwich. My lawyer (who is 250 kilometers awayrequires that I execute a statutory declaration prior to completion. Could you suggest a conveyancing solicitor in Nantwich to witness this legal document for me?

Technically speaking you are not likely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are Nantwich based

Do I cancel my mortgage payments with UBS as soon as a completion date for my home sale in Nantwich has been agreed?

You would be well advised to maintain paying any mortgage payments to UBS pending the mortgage being repaid on completion as part of your Nantwich conveyancing.