Home Report Value: Why You Can't Deduct Renovation Costs

Annabelle Watt

Published on: 17/09/2026

Buyers try to knock renovation costs off the Home Report value. Condition is already priced in. Here is what really moves a price in East Lothian and Edinburgh.

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The Scottish System Used to Mean Certainty. What Happened?

Annabelle Watt

Published on: 19/06/2026

Scottish sales once meant certainty, but missives now conclude late and fall-throughs are rising. Here's what changed since 2008, and the one thing you can actually control

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