Condition ratings
The report places a Scottish repair category, an English buyer reading it and rating 3, which is a different scale in one paragraph. Which of those were inspected, and which were merely named?
The Scottish repair category was the item in the Home Report. Rating 3 was only named, and it belongs to a different scale. An English buyer reading the pack must not treat the Scottish category as that English rating. What was inspected, in the sense of this product, is the Scottish single survey inside the Home Report. The English label was not applied. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. No lifespan has been added to either scale.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.
What is the fuller explanation?
Scotland's Home Report carries its own repair categories. They are the language of that product. English home surveys use ratings 1, 2 and 3, and those words do not travel just because a buyer is used to them. Reading a Scottish category and writing rating 3 beside it mixes two scales. The paragraph names the English buyer and the English label so the mix is visible. It does not mean the English rating was inspected onto the Scottish house. The category stands as the Home Report wrote it.
Read the category in the Home Report with a Scottish solicitor, and do not ask them to translate it into an English rating. If you want a further private survey, that is an extra instruction. It does not relabel the pack. The Home Report is not an English Level 2 you instruct yourself. Use the category for what it says in that product, and keep English rating language out of the reading.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- Which Scottish repair category does the Home Report actually state?
- Where, if anywhere, has an English rating been written onto it?
- Has a solicitor in Scotland read the category with you?
What are the typical next steps?
- Read the Scottish category on its own scale.
- Do not relabel it as rating 3.
- Ask a Scottish solicitor how the Home Report sits in this purchase.
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Also asked about this
Is the Home Report an English Level 2 the buyer instructs?
No. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. An English buyer is pointed to the pack. Commissioning a private survey later is a different step and does not turn the pack into the English product.
Should an English buyer relabel the Scottish category?
No. The category belongs to the Home Report scale. Rating 3 was only named as a different scale. Relabelling would pretend an English inspection had been applied. Read the category as written, with a Scottish solicitor, and leave the English number off it.