Seller-side surveys
The report places a seller in England, no survey commissioned and a duty Scotland's Home Report must not be copied onto this sale in one paragraph. Which of those were inspected, and which were merely named?
A seller in England, with no survey commissioned, was the situation recorded as a fact of this sale. A duty to supply Scotland's Home Report was only named, and it must not be copied onto this sale. Nothing was inspected as a Home Report, because none exists here and this is not that product. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. No English inspection found that this seller had failed a Scottish duty. The absence of a survey was named. The duty was named so it would not be imported.
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?
England and Wales do not hand a buyer a Home Report as Scotland does. A seller here can choose to commission a survey or not. Choosing not to is not a breach of a Scottish rule, and it does not create a pack by omission. The paragraph puts the English seller, the missing survey and the Scottish duty in one place so a reader from another system does not merge them. What was inspected is nothing under that duty. What was named is the duty itself, to refuse it.
Ask the solicitor to confirm the sale is in England and that no Home Report is due from this seller. If you want a survey, instruct it yourself and agree the level. Do not chase the seller for a Scottish pack, and do not treat their refusal to commission a report as a breach of one. The buyer who wants condition information in England commissions it. This report of absence has not supplied a Home Report and has not copied that system across.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- Has any survey actually been commissioned on this English sale?
- Is anyone asking the seller for a Home Report?
- Which survey, if any, will you instruct yourself?
What are the typical next steps?
- Do not copy a Scottish Home Report duty onto this English sale.
- Treat the lack of a seller's survey as the absence it is.
- Instruct your own survey if you want condition information.
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
Was a Home Report inspected on this sale?
No. None was there to inspect. The seller is in England and no survey was commissioned. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. The duty was only named so it would not be copied onto this sale.
Does having no survey in England equal the Scottish pack?
No. Absence is not a pack. Scotland's system is not created by an English seller commissioning nothing. If you need a survey here, you instruct it. The report named the missing commission and the duty that must not be imported. It did not produce either a pack or a breach.