Seller-side surveys
Should a seller-commissioned report in England, seen beside the marketing pack, be treated as a verdict on a Scottish Home Report, which this is not?
No. A seller-commissioned report in England, sitting beside the marketing pack, is not a verdict on a Scottish Home Report, and it is not one. The Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs. This document was named as something the seller obtained. The marketing pack was named beside it. Neither paper was inspected as a Home Report, because this sale is not that product. Do not read an English seller's survey as if it decided a Scottish pack.
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?
In England a seller may show a report they commissioned. That report belongs to their instruction. It describes what that firm was asked to look at, on that day, for that client. A marketing pack is sales material around it. Scotland's Home Report is a different product, pointed to for a Scottish purchase, and it is not created by stapling an English report to particulars. Nothing in this paragraph tested a Home Report. The name was raised only so the two would not be confused.
Ask the solicitor to treat the English papers as what they are, and not to ask this seller for a Home Report. If you want a survey you can use on your own instruction, commission it yourself and agree the level. Do not rename the seller's PDF. The marketing wording does not change the product. A Scottish purchase would be a different transaction, with its own pack, and this page does not invent one.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- Who was the client named on the seller's report?
- Does any page claim this document is a Home Report?
- What level, if any, does your own instruction still need?
What are the typical next steps?
- Do not treat the seller's English report as a Home Report.
- Keep the marketing pack separate from any survey you instruct.
- Ask the solicitor to confirm this sale is not a Scottish purchase.
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
Does the marketing pack turn this report into a Home Report?
No. Particulars and brochures are sales papers. A Home Report is the Scottish product. It is not an English Level 2 the buyer instructs, and it is not produced by placing a seller's report next to a brochure. The pack was only named.
Should the seller be asked to rename the document?
No. Renaming does not change who commissioned it or which system it belongs to. This is an English seller's report. It is not a Home Report. Ask for your own instruction if you need a survey addressed to you, and leave the title alone.