Claxton Legal and Conveyancing

Claxton Legal & Conveyancing is a boutique practice in Hobart focusing on property and commercial law. Melanie Claxton is the principal lawyer and has over 20 years of experience in the property and commercial fields, extending across three states. She managed state offices of a prominent mortgage processing firm and was principal of her own firm in Western Australia before returning to her native Tasmania, where she joined a larger firm in Hobart and headed up the property and commercial team. Her experience includes subdivisions, changes to title, creating easements and covenants, and dealing with all forms of property titles including 'old system'.

She deals with all types of leases, buying and selling businesses, and other commercial agreements, and has acted in mortgage transactions and mortgage default proceedings for some of the largest banks and lenders in Australia and internationally. Services include residential and commercial conveyancing, sales of business, leasing, trust deeds and variations, subdivisions and boundary adjustments, mortgages and loan agreements, independent legal advice, rights of way and other easement creation and removal, aged care and retirement village agreements, and contractual advice on commercial matters. The firm offers home visits at a time that suits the client.

Claxton Legal and Conveyancing is named by clients as the firm behind a series of smooth property transactions around Hobart, and Melanie is the conveyancer whose work sits at the centre of that feedback. Customers describe her communication as clear, prompt and continuous from instruction to settlement, with buyers kept informed and matters explained in straightforward language. The effort she applies is a recurring point, described as extending past what was expected so that settlements were thorough and completed on schedule, including a first home purchase under a shared equity arrangement that reviewers say was longer and more complex than usual.

First home buyers speak of feeling supported, informed and confident in the advice given, and of a process that removed much of the stress normally attached to buying. Fair pricing without hidden charges and a seamless handover when a family home sale and a new purchase ran together also come up. Council requirements during a sale were handled with patience and professionalism. Team members and the pace of work draw mention, one seller noting that reception staff provided useful suggestions when the firm was at capacity.