Melrose & Porteous - Solicitors & Estate Agents

Office Closure

Our offices will be closed for Christmas and New Year from 12 noon on Wednesday 24th December 2025 and will re open on Monday 5th January 2026 at 9.00am.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year when it comes.

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Absolutely fantastic service. Kept me informed and up to date on every stage of the process. I never once felt out of the loop.

Everyone at Melrose and Porteous was so friendly and helpful. We can't thank you enough for making our purchase as stress free as possible. We would highly recommend you over other solicitors.

Just to say how safe we feel that the staff at Melrose & Porteous are our legal team. We feel that we are treated with respect, professionalism, and warmth. This makes the potentially daunting area of the legal world accessible for the lay person.

I have been so pleased with all the help and support from the team at M&P. Always friendly on the phone and all questions dealt with in a calm and professional manner. I would highly recommend your services to other prospective clients.

Everyone on the team is so helpful and no question or issue is a hassle. All is dealt with promptly and efficiently. Thank you so much. Highly recommended.

Staff were very helpful and very efficient.

At Melrose & Porteous we specialise in…

Agricultural Legal Services

Commercial Property

Corporate

Private Client

Residential Conveyancing

Estate Agency

Agricultural Legal Services

Renewables, refinancing, tenancy agreements, agricultural subsidies, Partnership Agreements, secured agricultural lending.

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Commercial Conveyancing

Leases, disposal or acquisition of property.

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Private Client

Powers of Attorney, Guardianship Orders, Wills, Trusts, Estate and Tax planning.

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Residential Conveyancing

Sale, purchase, remortgage, transfer of title, discharge of standard security.

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Estate Agency

Market appraisal/valuation, Advertising on our website, Advertising on main portals, Organising Home Report, Organising viewings, Negotiating offers

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Corporate

Business disposals, Business acquisitions, Refinancing/lending, Succession Planning, Shareholder Agreements, Partnership Agreements

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Absolutely fantastic service. Kept me informed and up to date on every stage of the process. I never once felt out of the loop.

Everyone at Melrose and Porteous was so friendly and helpful. We can't thank you enough for making our purchase as stress free as possible. We would highly recommend you over other solicitors.

Just to say how safe we feel that the staff at Melrose & Porteous are our legal team. We feel that we are treated with respect, professionalism, and warmth. This makes the potentially daunting area of the legal world accessible for the lay person.

I have been so pleased with all the help and support from the team at M&P. Always friendly on the phone and all questions dealt with in a calm and professional manner. I would highly recommend your services to other prospective clients.

Everyone on the team is so helpful and no question or issue is a hassle. All is dealt with promptly and efficiently. Thank you so much. Highly recommended.

Staff were very helpful and very efficient.

At Melrose & Porteous we specialise in…

Agricultural Legal Services

Commercial Conveyancing

Private Client

Residential Conveyancing

Estate Agency

Corporate

For our legal services get in touch.
We are here to help.

New to the Scottish Borders?

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Melrose and Porteous. Providing legal services to the Scottish Borders since 1898.

Office Closure

Search for a property

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Property Matching Service

THINKING OF

Selling Your House?

Absolutely fantastic service. Kept me informed and up to date on every stage of the process. I never once felt out of the loop.

Everyone at Melrose and Porteous was so friendly and helpful. We can't thank you enough for making our purchase as stress free as possible. We would highly recommend you over other solicitors.

Just to say how safe we feel that the staff at Melrose & Porteous are our legal team. We feel that we are treated with respect, professionalism, and warmth. This makes the potentially daunting area of the legal world accessible for the lay person.

I have been so pleased with all the help and support from the team at M&P. Always friendly on the phone and all questions dealt with in a calm and professional manner. I would highly recommend your services to other prospective clients.

Everyone on the team is so helpful and no question or issue is a hassle. All is dealt with promptly and efficiently. Thank you so much. Highly recommended.

Staff were very helpful and very efficient.

At Melrose & Porteous we specialise in…

Agricultural Legal Services

Commercial Conveyancing

Private Client

Residential Conveyancing

Estate Agency

Corporate

For our legal services get in touch.We are here to help.

New to the Scottish Borders?

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