Choosing a survey level
The report mentions an extra private survey next to a purchase in Scotland. Has the Home Report, which the extra visit does not replace been tested, or only named?
The extra private survey was named beside a purchase in Scotland. It has not replaced the Home Report, and the Home Report has not been tested into something else by that extra visit. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. Only the fact of a further private survey was in front of this note. The pack remains the pack. Commissioning more looking does not retire it, and it does not convert the purchase into an English instruction.
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?
Buyers in Scotland are pointed to the Home Report. Some also want a private survey of their own, aimed at a particular worry. That private visit, if it goes ahead, is additional. It is not a substitute, and it is not an English Level 2 slipped in under another name. The Home Report's single survey and its other parts stay the product the system provides. This note did not re-inspect that pack and did not measure any life for it. No period is stated, and none should be invented.
Use a Scottish solicitor to keep the Home Report in its proper place, and describe any private survey as extra. Do not ask the seller to withdraw the pack because you have booked another visit. If the private survey happens, read it beside the pack, not instead of it. The extra visit has not been shown here to have tested the Home Report. It has only been named. Leave the product names as they are.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- Has the extra private survey actually taken place, or only been mentioned?
- Which parts of the Home Report are you being pointed to?
- Has anyone suggested the extra visit replaces the pack?
What are the typical next steps?
- Keep the Home Report as the Scottish product for this purchase.
- Treat any private survey as extra, not as a replacement.
- Ask a Scottish solicitor how the two sit together.
Costs vary with the building and with who you instruct. Where this page does not cite a published figure, ask the surveyor, a relevant specialist, or your solicitor for a written quote. Do not treat a forum average as the price.
Also asked about this
Is the extra visit an English Level 2 in place of the pack?
No. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. An extra private survey does not rename itself into that English product, and it does not replace the pack. The extra visit was named. The Home Report remains.
Does paying for a further look cancel the Home Report?
No. Payment for a private survey buys that extra visit only. It does not cancel the Home Report or test it into a different product. Read any further report beside the pack. Do not invent a life for the pack, and do not drop it because another survey was discussed.