I am buying a terraced house in Penryn. Can I do my own conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Penryn you will have to appoint a solicitor on your lender's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Penryn.

I am assisting my step-mother sell her flat in Penryn. Will the conveyancer arrange the EPC or it is for the owner to coordinate?

Following the abolition of Home Packs, energy assessments remained a mandatory component of selling a house. An energy assessment needs to be to hand before the property is marketed. This is not as aspect of the sale process that solicitors normally organise. If you are instructing a Penryn conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy performance certificates due to their contacts with reputable Penryn assessors

A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Penryn there could be various restrictions as to what one can do in terms of external alterations to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of a number of properties in Penryn which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to carry out external variations. Part of the conveyancing in Penryn should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

We are planning to move home in May. Should my conveyancing solicitor call the removal company on the completion day. As an aside, can you recommend a removal company in Penryn. Conveyancing firm was chosen before I stumbled across your website.

On the day of completion you can pick up the keys from your property agent but this can only be done after the previous owners lawyers confirm to the agent that they acknowledge receipt of the completion payment and the keys can be collected. After that you should advise the removal men that you are ready to move in. We do not recommend a particular removal organisation but can help you choose a conveyancing in Penryn or a lawyer with expertise in conveyancing in Penryn.

I used Action Conveyancing several years past for my conveyancing in Penryn. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Penryn of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am looking for a ground for flat up to £305k and found one near me in Penryn I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 49 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Penryn suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a lease with such few years left?

Should you require a mortgage the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Reduce the offer by the expected lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor about this matter.

I have just appointed agents to market my 2 bed flat in Penryn. Conveyancing solicitors are to be appointed soon, but I have recently had a quarterly service charge demand – should I leave it to the buyer to sort out?

It best that you clear the maintenance contribution as usual given that all rents and maintenance payments should be allotted as part of the financial calculations for completion monies, so you should recover the relevant percentage by the buyer for the period running from after the completion date to the next payment date. Most managing agents will not acknowledge the buyer until the service charges have been paid and are up to date, so it is important for both buyer and seller for the seller to show that they are up to date. This will smooth the conveyancing process.

I purchased a split level flat in Penryn, conveyancing formalities finalised half a dozen years ago. Can you let me have an estimated range of the fair premium for a lease extension? Equivalent properties in Penryn with over 90 years remaining are worth £202,000. The ground rent is £60 levied per year. The lease ceases on 21st October 2080

You have 57 years left to run we estimate the price of your lease extension to span between £28,500 and £33,000 as well as professional fees.

The suggested premium range that we have given is a general guide to costs for renewing a lease, but we cannot give you the actual costs in the absence of detailed investigations. Do not use the figures in tribunal or court proceedings. There may be other concerns that need to be taken into account and clearly you should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not move forward placing reliance on this information before getting professional advice.