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alan_m

On 20/03/2018 08:20, wrote:
On Monday, 19 March 2018 22:58:20 UTC, alan_m wrote:
Can a home report legally prevent a sale?

Absence of it will.

A home report must be provided by law for a residential property to be advertised for sale in Scotland (with a few exceptions). Solicitors and estate agents wouldn't handle a property without it if it's required as they'd be liable for the fine:

So a home report saying that the property has no roof, the gas boiler is
dangerous, there is no mains drainage, the water from the well is
polluted would be issued to tell a prospective buyer that the property
is in need of serious modernisation but if no smoke alarms are fitted to
the same property the home report will not be issued and therefore
cannot be sold - until smoke alarms are fitted?

Isn't the report a (legally binding) document on the existing condition
of the building, including deficiencies, which the buyer can make a
decision on whether to buy or not? Policing of the smoke alarm policy by
not issuing a home report on non-compliance seems to be over the top.

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