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There is a good reason why you won’t find people saying “if only I would have chosen a cheap internet firm”! Go local - instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Melksham

Reasons to use our Melksham conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Low cost packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these organisations are often located many miles away with limited understanding of the factors that affect property transactions in Melksham
  • 2 Regardless alternative solicitors advise it could be necessary to attend your solicitor to sign legal papers. Too many 3rd parties are already with an interest in a house sale without having to include the postman into the mix.
  • 3 Melksham lawyers work in partnership with Melksham estate agents, house builders, surveyors, mortgage companies and other professionals to make sure that the highest level of service is provided to buyers and sellers every step of the way, offering all the advice and help you need
  • 4 Melksham lawyers have a significant advantage when it comes to Melksham conveyancing as they have important local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other issues that will impact your sale or purchase
  • 5 The organisations listed on our directory have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling over one hundred thousand cases annually.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Melksham since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Melksham

Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of Melksham conveyancing solicitors? How do you know who is on the Aldermore conveyancing panel?

Melksham conveyancing firms themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Aldermore directly.

Have just purchased a repossessed house at auction in Melksham. Conveyancing is needed. What are my next steps?

Now that you have for in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you must instruct a conveyancing solicitor quickly as you will have a pending deadline in which to complete the property. Every auction property should have a corresponding legal pack. This will include most,if not all of the paperwork that your lawyer will need. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the auction pack may include a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing paperwork specific to a leasehold property. You must give this to the solicitor instructed by you as soon as possible. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding organised to complete the transaction on the set completion date.

I am buying a property in Melksham. A rare aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Principality be concerned?

Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Principality your lawyer must follow the formal requirements outlined in Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Principality. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook stipulates minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and property lawyers are required to report to Principality where a lease fails to satisfy these provisions. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales and is not restricted to Melksham.

Intending to buy a apartment in Melksham. I have received an online quote from a licenced conveyancer, which states: "There will be no charge for dealing with the Lender if you are obtaining a mortgage". I take this to mean that there will be no additional fee if the solicitor is on the Santander conveyancing panel. I wanted to make sure it means there will be no additional fees for dealing with the mortgage.

They are simply saying that the cost for acting for the lender is included in the fee being quoted. It is worth you checking that the Melksham conveyancing practitioner is on the Santander conveyancing panel.

I have recentlybecome aware that Action Conveyancing have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Melksham for a purchase of a freehold house 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the property is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Melksham conveyancing specialists.

I'm buying a new build house in Melksham with a mortgage from Bank of Scotland. The developers refused to reduce the amount so I negotiated 6k of fixtures and fittings instead. The property agent told me not to tell my solicitor about this deal as it would jeopardize my mortgage with the lender. Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

How do I search for a Melksham solicitor on the Lloyds TSB Bank conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am prepared to travel upto 10kilometers to meet the lawyer.

You can use the search on this website. Please select a bank and your location and you will see a number of Melksham conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Melksham conveyancing firms towards the end of this page and you can ring them to check whether they are on the Lloyds TSB Bank approved list

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, but the selling agent has warned us that the owners will only go ahead if we use their chosen conveyancers as they are insisting on a ‘quick sale’. Our preferred option is to instruct a family solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Melksham

We suspect that the owner is unaware of this demand. Should the owner require ‘a quick sale', taking such a hostile approach to a motivated purchaser is not the way to achieve this. Contact the vendors directly and explain that (a)you are motivated purchasers (b)you are ready to go, with finances in place © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to use your own,trusted Melksham conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthe ones that will provide the estate agent a kickback or achieve conveyancing figures set by senior management.

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Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Melksham regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Melksham specialising in commercial conveyancing in Melksham. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Goughs Lawyers Llp, 5 Bath Road, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6LN
  • Blb Solicitors, Rodney House, 5 Roundstone Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8DH
  • Latham Commercial Legal Services, 7 Greenland Mills, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1BL
  • Mccloy (ls) Limited, 4 The Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JS
  • Mccloy Legal, 4 The Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JS

Planning law solicitors in Melksham regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Melksham specialising in planning law. This will likely include advice on development on contaminated land
  • Goughs Lawyers Llp, 5 Bath Road, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6LN
  • Blb Solicitors, Rodney House, 5 Roundstone Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8DH
  • Forrester Sylvester Mackett Llp, 61 St. Mary Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3JH

Melksham commercial property solicitors draw on a full range of commercial expertise offering advice on numerous aspects of commercial property law

    Property due diligence in connection with corporate acquisitions and disposals Telecommunications and broadcast mast sites Land use planning and environmental issues Development, including options, overage agreements, JCT building contracts Property finance transactions, including sale and leaseback Offices, shops or industrial units

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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