Buying Property In Scotland

[jesmond]

Have been told that buying a house in Scotland differs from England and that you have to go through a solicitor and pay a fee so can someone confirm this and if its a standard fee or does it vary depending on property price or solicitor many thanks for any help

[barry1010]

Any offer you make on a property has to be put forward by your solicitor. There is no set fee for this, you have to shop around for a good solicitor with fair fees. You might find this helpful https://www.mygov.scot/buying-a-home/making-an-offer

[barry1010]

This is very straightforward
https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/homes/buying-a-home/buying-property-in-scotland-a-money-timeline

[Peter Pedant]

law for transfer of Land in scortland is different to England
I wdnt dream of NOT going frooa lawyer or licensed conveyancer ( not sure if they have them up there)
craziness
usual rules - shop around

NB your offer ( prez thro a solicitor) is accepted and it is then binding. - big difference to england

[Peter Pedant]

and the reason ( bored: sunday - been to church)
is that scortland was more european !! than dear old blighty and so they had the Renaissance Reception

( reception of what den? chorus hundreds of ABers)

1540 ding ding - the adoption of Roman law ideas which effected Land law

we didnt ( in dear old Blighty)
we had the Kings Divorce
completely different. Law changed to allow transfer - buying and selling of property 1540 mainly monasteries
and we missed out on the Reception

Union of the Kingdoms ( 1603 ) 1707 - agreed that the legal systems would continue in their own way. They dont have Equity

If you look at the Times - every English Act of parliament ( la dee dah act ) has a separate scottish act ( La dee dah Scotland Act)

that is how it is