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1 NEW AND UPDATED Moving Home in Scotland: a guide to buying and selling your home 3rd Edition Derek Manson-Smith v6 Moving Home.indd 1 08/05/ :432 v6 Moving Home.indd 2 08/05/ :433 Moving Home in Scotland: a guide to buying and selling your home 3 rd edition Derek Manson-Smith May 2009 Edited by Sarah O Neill Crown Copyright 2009 First published November 1996 ISBN v6 Moving Home.indd 1 08/05/ :434 Contents Acknowledgements About Consumer Focus Scotland vii viii Part 1 Introduction Why move? Do you really need to move? Further information 3 Part 2 What are you looking for? What can you afford? Where do you want to live? What type of home do you want? New or old? Living and storage space 9 Part 3 Buying a home: making a decision Introduction Buying your rented home Other options Where to look for homes for sale New homes Older homes Property descriptions and information Viewing 18 ii Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 2 08/05/ :435 3.7. Alterations Alterations made by the seller or previous owner Alterations you may want to make Special treatments, guarantees and insurance Fixtures, appliances and central heating Running costs Insurance Contents Buildings Potential problems with neighbourhoods and neighbours The neighbourhood Neighbours Shared boundaries Responsibilities of flat owners Tenements and multiple-occupancy buildings Property managers Former rented flats Sheltered and retirement housing Insurance Further information 31 Part 4 The Home Report and surveys The Home Report The single survey and valuation The property questionnaire 35 a guide to buying and selling your home iii v6 Moving Home.indd 3 08/05/ :436 The Energy Report Shelf life of a Home Report What this means for buyers Building survey Complaints about chartered surveyors Further information 42 Part 5 Buying a home: the legal process Making an offer The missives Once the missives are concluded Newly-built and newly-converted or renovated properties Newly-built property Newly-converted and renovated property Conveyancing Introduction Standard security Occupancy rights The disposition Settlement When you get the keys After settlement Registration Your title deeds 55 iv Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 4 08/05/ :437 5.8. Costs Complaints Further information 59 Part 6 Mortgages Introduction How much can you borrow? Types of mortgages Repayment mortgage Interest-only mortgage Mortgage features Cash back Flexible Offset Current account Interest rates Fees and penalties Bridging loans Life insurance Mortgage payment protection insurance If you get into difficulties Further information 72 Part 7 Selling your home Introduction 74 a guide to buying and selling your home v v6 Moving Home.indd 5 08/05/ :438 7.2. Home Report Penalties for breach of the duty to provide a Home Report While the report is being prepared Advertising and marketing your home Doing it yourself Using an agent Fixing a closing date Accepting an offer and concluding the missives Once the missives are concluded Complaints Further information 88 Part 8 Organising the move Doing it yourself or using a removal company Finding a remover and getting a quotation Insurance Planning your move Moving out and in on the same day Just before moving day Your responsibilities a checklist of things that need to be done What to do if things go wrong Further information 99 vi Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 6 08/05/ :439 Acknowledgements I am grateful to Sarah O Neill, Principal Policy Advocate and Solicitor at Consumer Focus Scotland, for her editorial guidance in revising the second edition of this book, which was previously published by the Scottish Consumer Council. I would also like to thank the members of the conveyancing committee of the Law Society of Scotland, Scottish Government officials, Graeme Hartley of the Royal Incorporation of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland, Kennedy Foster of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, Alison Hatrick of the National Association of Estate Agents and David Thomas of the British Association of Removers for their comments on particular parts of this book. Derek Manson-Smith May 2009 a guide to buying and selling your home vii v6 Moving Home.indd 7 08/05/ :4310 About Consumer Focus Scotland Consumer Focus Scotland started work in October Consumer Focus Scotland was formed through the merger of three organisations the Scottish Consumer Council, energywatch Scotland, and Postwatch Scotland. Consumer Focus Scotland works to secure a fair deal for consumers in both private markets and public services, by promoting fairer markets, greater value for money, and improved customer service. While producers of goods and services are usually well-organised and articulate when protecting their own interests, individual consumers very often are not. The people whose interests we represent are consumers of all kinds: they may be patients, tenants, parents, solicitors clients, public transport users, or shoppers in a supermarket. We have a commitment to work on behalf of vulnerable consumers, particularly in the energy and post sectors, and a duty to work on issues of sustainable development. viii Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 8 08/05/ :4311 Part 1 Introduction 1.1. Why move? Moving home can be a part of one of the more positive events of life, such as being able to afford a better home and standard of living or moving to another part of the country. Unfortunately, it is often associated with one of the more stressful events of life, such as changing job, starting a family, divorce, and bereavement. This book will help to make moving home a less stressful experience for you. It describes the Scottish system of home purchase and sale, looks at the various choices you have, and gives guidance about the things to consider when making these choices. It also points out the pitfalls to be avoided at various stages in the process, and provides a checklist of things to remember leading up to the move. We hope it will help you to make the right move Do you really need to move? Some people might consider the prospect of moving home to be so daunting that they may not want to move at all. It is worth considering whether you really need to move, especially if you are happy where you are. However, it may be that your home no longer suits you because your circumstances have changed since you moved there. Perhaps it is now too small or too big, or you or someone living with you has become disabled, or with increasing years can no longer cope with the layout. It may be that you could make some alterations to your home so that you don t have to move. a guide to buying and selling your home 1 v6 Moving Home.indd 1 08/05/ :4312 If you own your home and feel it is now too small, you could add an extension if you have a big enough garden to build on. If it is too big, it might be worth letting out a room or rooms, or sub-dividing it and selling or renting out a part of it. You might be able to borrow money from the lender who gave you your mortgage to make the alterations. If your home needs serious repairs done to it, your local council may have a scheme of assistance for homeowners that will give you information and advice and may be able to give you a subsidised loan for the work from 1 April 2010 all councils will have to have a scheme of assistance in place. If you or someone in your family is disabled and your home is short of basic necessities or needs adaptations to make it suitable to live in, you may be able to get a grant from your local council to cover installing the basic necessities or making the adaptations or both. If you own your home and you or someone in your family is elderly and, because of this, cannot cope with the layout of your home, you could qualify for a grant to make suitable alterations if your council has a care-and-repair scheme. However, if you don t want to or can t stay where you are, you may want to consider whether you want to rent or buy. Your answer may well depend on whether you are renting your home at the moment, or whether you own it. It is worth considering the advantages and disadvantages of both. While owning your own home has always been considered a worthwhile investment, the rate of increase in house prices seen in Scotland in the first half of the 2000s slowed and then decreased in the second half of the decade, although the market in Scotland has generally been more stable than that in England and Wales. Home ownership carries with it heavy responsibilities for maintenance of the property, and usually the burden of paying for a mortgage for many years in the future. Renting may be more flexible and better suited to those in more casual employment, or who tend to move from one part of the country to another, and it may be cheaper in the long run. 2 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 2 08/05/ :4313 If you are getting older, you may wish to consider buying or renting some kind of sheltered accommodation. This book does not cover sheltered accommodation, but you can find details of where to go for more information about this subject at 1.3 below. If you own your home and decide to move, you will need to decide whether it is best to buy a new home or sell your existing home first. This will depend on your circumstances and you should discuss them with your solicitor Further information If you want to find out more about care-and-repair in your area, you should contact your local authority housing department. You can also contact the Care and Repair Forum Scotland, Suite 2.5, 135 Buchanan Street, Glasgow G1 2JA (tel: , Shelter Scotland, 4th floor, Scotiabank House, 6 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AW (tel: , scotland.shelter.org.uk/), provides information and advice for disabled people on buying a home, through its free advice line and on its website. Ownership Options in Scotland, is a website that specialises in home ownership issues facing people with disabilities. Buying retirement housing, Factsheet 2S, which includes sheltered accommodation, is available free of charge from Age Concern Scotland, Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburg EH9 1PR (tel: , uk or download from helping_you/factsheets/8_buying-retirement-housing). a guide to buying and selling your home 3 v6 Moving Home.indd 3 08/05/ :4314 Part 2 What are you looking for? 2.1. What can you afford? At the end of the day, it may be that cost is the deciding factor in whether you rent a furnished home, rent an unfurnished home or buy a home. The decision is yours but if you decide to buy, you should consider the essential costs that should be included in your budget, some of which you would of course still have to pay if you were renting. You can use this table to help you work out the essential costs. Table 2.1. Costs of buying and owning a home One-off costs Deposit towards purchase price Mortgage arrangement fee Mortgage indemnity guarantee (high lending fee) 1 Solicitor s fees and expenses Stamp duty land tax 2 Registration fees Removal Furniture etc Telephone or cable reconnection Total 1 Depending on the lender, this may be required if you are borrowing more than 75 per cent to 90 per cent of the purchase price 2 Where the purchase price is more than 175,000 up to 31 December 2009 (see 5.8) on new housing developments. 4 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 4 08/05/ :4315 Continuing costs Property management or common charges 3 Land management fees 4 Mortgage payments/life insurance premiums Mortgage payment protection insurance Buildings insurance premiums Contents insurance premiums Exterior repairs and maintenance costs Interior repairs and maintenance costs Electricity bills Gas bills Telephone bills Internet/broadband/cable bills Council tax, water and sewerage charges Total 3 If you live in a block of flats or tenement 4 While open spaces on housing developments have traditionally been owned and maintained by local authorities, in recent years new arrangements have emerged where private sector companies are involved in land management on new housing developments 2.2. Where do you want to live? There is a combination of factors that could affect where you want to live. City, town or countryside? There are advantages and disadvantages to each. A city or town offers more choice of housing, services and social life. On the other hand, compared with the countryside, your environment may be more polluted and crowded, home prices and insurance rates may be higher, and services and public transport may be poor in some parts of cities. You can also feel isolated and lonely in a city. The a guide to buying and selling your home 5 v6 Moving Home.indd 5 08/05/ :4316 countryside may offer a better environment, more possibilities for a garden or land, lower insurance costs and an easier pace of life. On the other hand, compared with city or town life, the countryside can be cut off in winter, there is less choice of housing, and services, leisure facilities and public transport may be poor or non-existent. You also have less choice of social activities and it may take a while to become accepted into the local community. If you work in a town or city and want to live in the countryside, you should think about how much time you want to spend commuting. Do you need to live close to where you work? If not, you will have a wider choice of neighbourhoods. Do you have children? Schools and access to leisure activities are an important consideration if you have children of school age. Do you have your own transport? If you are dependent on public transport, you will want to know that services are available and reliable What type of home do you want? This will depend largely on what you can afford to buy. Within your budget, you should consider: The space you want. Are large rooms important, or the number of them? Do you want a garden and, if so, do you want one that needs lots of upkeep? Whether you want to live on one level or at ground level or both. A bungalow or ground-floor flat may be more appropriate for you if you are elderly or have a disability. If you don t mind living at the top of a tenement now, how will you feel if you later have young children or when you get older? How long you would expect to live in this home, the area or part of the country. How your circumstances might change in the future; for example, if you have children you may want more space. 6 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 6 08/05/ :4317 2.4. New or old? If you decide to buy a home, and depending on where you want to live, you have a choice of buying a newly-built or newlyconverted home from a builder or developer or one that has been lived in. A new home has the advantages that: you are literally making a new start; it may be easier to get a mortgage; you are not dependent on someone else selling their home; the builder may be prepared to make some changes to suit you before it is finished; you can choose your own decoration; the price you pay may include extras, such as new carpets, curtains, a fitted kitchen and appliances; the property will carry a structural warranty or guarantee if the builder in registered with the National House-Building Council (NHBC), Zurich Insurance or Premier Guarantee (see 5.4.1); the builder may offer to take your current home in part exchange; the builder may offer a shared equity arrangement, which may make it easier for you to buy. For example, if a home costs 200,000 and the builder retains a 20 per cent share, you would pay 160,000. If you later sold it for 250,000, you would get 200,000 and the builder would get 50,000; if you are a first-time buyer on a low income, you may be able to buy under the Scottish Government s Low-cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers (LIFT) (see 3.3). The disadvantages are: you may not have a choice as to when the home will be ready for you to move in, especially if you buy off-plan, and the eventual date of entry may be more geared to what suits the builder than you; a guide to buying and selling your home 7 v6 Moving Home.indd 7 08/05/ :4318 if planning permission for an off-plan home is granted, the builder may vary the layout of the estate from the plan shown to you when you bought the home, for example by substituting a different type of house or flats; there may be teething problems ( snagging ) while the building settles in; you may have to spend time and money fitting and equipping it; you may have to do a lot of work to turn a building site into a garden; you may have to make stage payments (see 4.4) as the home is built and so end up borrowing to pay for two homes at the same time (see 5.6); you may be responsible for the costs of maintaining common land on a new development; extras, such as a cooker and fridge freezer, may be included in the price of the property when you buy it. If you decide to sell your home within a short time of buying it, the valuation will not include the value of these extras, which might mean that you get less than you paid for the home. Buying a home that has been lived in will avoid these disadvantages. If it is less than 10-years old, it should still be covered by an NHBC warranty or a Premier Guarantee or if less than 15-years old by a Zurich Insurance warranty, if it was built by a builder registered under one of these schemes. The advantages of buying an older home are that: you will be moving into an established neighbourhood; you are more likely to have amenities such as shops, schools and public transport. A disadvantage of an older home is that the upkeep costs of decoration, repairs and maintenance are likely to be higher than with a new home. In the end, however, the decision on whether to buy new or old is often simply a matter of personal taste. 8 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 8 08/05/ :4319 2.5. Living and storage space Your home is not just for sleeping and eating in. Everyone will need their own space, and over time, the needs of your family will change. The needs of a three-year old are different from those of an eight-year old or a thirteen-year old. The way your home is divided up can help you live the way you want or make living together difficult. An open-plan living area can make a small home appear more spacious, but it does not provide much privacy. Separate dining and living rooms can compensate for a lack of space in bedrooms to study or relax in. But this could mean that the rooms are quite small and it could be difficult to arrange furniture. You should consider what you will need to store and where you will store it. As well as built-in storage, you will need space for free-standing furniture, shelving and coat racks and you will want the storage space to be in the right place. Where would you store the following? baby buggy or pram bed linen bicycles books boots and shoes broom bulk-buy items CDs and DVDs cleaning materials clothes coal or wood for an open fire crockery dirty laundry DIY tools and supplies fresh food frozen food garden tools hobby equipment ironing board kitchen refuse ladder/stepladder outdoor clothes papers, bottles and other materials for recycling pet food and cat litter pots and pans sewing machine sports equipment suitcases tinned food toys umbrellas vacuum cleaner a guide to buying and selling your home 9 v6 Moving Home.indd 9 08/05/ :4320 Part 3 Buying a home: making a decision 3.1. Introduction Scotland has its own legal system and law governing the ownership of land and property. Residential property is sold on the basis that the buyer gains the right to occupy and use it for as long as they own it. The concepts of leasehold and freehold found elsewhere in the United Kingdom do not generally apply in Scotland. In Scotland, you make a written offer to buy and the seller accepts it in writing. A number of letters, known as missives, clarifying details and conditions of the offer and acceptance may be exchanged. Once these details are agreed, missives are concluded and you have a binding contract (see 4.2). Should you be unable to fulfil your obligations in the missives, you may be liable for damages to the seller for resale costs and other losses incurred, which could amount to thousands of pounds. Therefore, before making an offer, you must get legal advice and arrange the finance to meet the purchase price (see 5.2). Until missives are concluded, it is possible for either the buyer or seller to withdraw without penalty, although in practice this does not often happen. With the aim of speeding up the concluding of missives, in most parts of the country, solicitors have introduced a standard form of offer with conditions. Use of these significantly cuts down the time require to negotiate which can arise with non-standard offers. You should check whether your solicitor uses the local standard offer. Once the missives are concluded, however, you will have a binding contract and an agreed date of entry (see 4.2), and you cannot be gazumped. 10 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 10 08/05/ :4321 This is different from the situation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, where someone wishing to buy a home makes an offer to buy subject to contract, which is not binding on either party. If this is accepted, he or she then has to find the funds to pay the price and the solicitors or conveyancers for both sides will check the title and draw up formal contract documents. When the parties are satisfied, formal contracts of sale are exchanged. Until this point, either party can withdraw without penalty and the seller could accept a better offer from a different prospective buyer. This is known as gazumping. The legal aspects of buying a home are explained in more detail in Part Buying your rented home If you are a Scottish secure tenant of a council (including a housing management cooperative), a housing association or other registered social landlord (that is registered with the Scottish Housing Regulator) or a water authority, you may have a legal right to buy your home at a discount. This does not include accommodation provided under a contract of employment, that is, tied housing, certain temporary lettings, and homeless accommodation. If you are unsure about whether you currently have a right to buy, you should check with your landlord. The main requirements are: you must normally have spent at least two or five years (depending on when your tenancy started) as a secure tenant immediately before making the application; the home you rent must be occupied by you as your only or main home. You need not have lived in the same home or have had the same landlord all the time. For example, you can also count time spent as a tenant of certain other bodies, such as the armed forces, a water authority or the Forestry Commission, unless you have had a break between tenancies that was within your control. a guide to buying and selling your home 11 v6 Moving Home.indd 11 08/05/ :4322 If your tenancy agreement dates back to before 30 September 2002 and it allows you to exercise the right to buy, the old terms and conditions will continue to apply to the right to buy for as long as you remain in that tenancy. This is known as a preserved right to buy. However, with some limited exceptions, if your tenancy started on or after 30 September 2002 then the new terms associated with the modernised right to buy will apply. You cannot buy your home if: you do not have a Scottish secure tenancy; your tenancy for the property you rent from a social landlord started after 30 September 2002 and falls within an area that has been designated as a pressured area (your local authority should be able to confirm whether your neighbourhood has been designated); you rent from a charitable housing association that normally would have obtained charitable status before 18 July 2001, unless you already had a right to buy as a tenant of the landlord before 30 September 2002; your landlord has fewer than 100 homes; your home has special features for elderly people; it is part of a group housing scheme for people with special needs where the tenants have special facilities for their use or they are provided with housing support services or both; it is required by an islands council for accommodation connected with education; your home forms part of a fully-mutual cooperative housing association; your home is earmarked for demolition and your landlord has obtained a consent to refuse to sell. In addition, your landlord may refuse to sell if you have arrears of rent, council tax, water and sewerage charges, or other amounts owing as a result of your current or a previous tenancy, 12 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 12 08/05/ :4323 or if your landlord is in the process of evicting you because of your conduct. Contacts for further information on buying your rented home are given at Other options LIFT The Scottish Government s Low-Cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers (LIFT) includes shared ownership, shared equity and rural home ownership grants. Shared ownership Some housing associations operate a shared-ownership scheme, where the home is owned jointly between the landlord and tenant. You buy a share in the home (25 per cent, 50 per cent or 75 per cent of the purchase price) and pay rent on the balance. You can buy additional 25 per cent shares once a year, so that you eventually own the home, or you can carry on renting. Shared equity If you are on a low to moderate income and cannot afford the price of a home, the shared equity schemes allow you to share a stake (normally between 60 per cent and 80 per cent) of the market value of a property, with the option for increasing it to 100 per cent later. There are two schemes: The New Supply Shared Equity Scheme, which mostly involves homes that are newly built by registered social landlords normally a housing association or a housing cooperative. The Open Market Shared Equity Pilot scheme, which allows people to purchase homes that are on the open market, that is, the scheme is not restricted to homes that are newly built by registered social landlords. From March 2009 to March 2010, the scheme is available across the whole of Scotland. Its availability after March 2010 will be reviewed. a guide to buying and selling your home 13 v6 Moving Home.indd 13 08/05/ :4324 The schemes are similar to shared ownership (see above), except that you will own the property outright and do not have to pay rent on the balance. For further information, see Many private house builders offer their own shared equity schemes, which are not limited to buyers on low incomes. Contact your local developer for further details. Rural home ownership grants If you live and work in a rural area and are a first-time buyer or you are a pensioner, long-term sick or disabled and have a local family connection, and cannot afford to buy a home without assistance, you may qualify for a Rural Home Ownership Grant towards the cost of renovating or building a home. For further information, see The Croft House Grant Scheme If you are a registered crofter and you are inadequately housed, you may be able to get a grant to help you with the costs of building a new croft house or of improving an existing croft house. The Crofters Commission administers the scheme. For further information, see Tenants incentive schemes If you are a tenant of a council or registered social landlord you may qualify for a grant towards the purchase of a home in the private sector. Some councils operate cash-incentive schemes that aim to free up council accommodation for re-letting to others in housing need while providing financial assistance to aspiring homeowners. To find out more about the scheme, contact your landlord Where to look for homes for sale New homes If you want to buy a new home, you should contact a builder directly or the builder s sales agent. They normally advertise 14 Moving home in Scotland v6 Moving Home.indd 14 08/05/ :4325 in local newspapers, on television, on the internet, sometimes through solicitors, and in Scotland s New Homebuyer, which is a free quarterly publication available from building societies, solicitors property centres, selected banks and estate agents and on the internet at Older homes If you want to buy an older home, there are four main sources of information. Newspapers Most homes for sale are advertised in local newspapers by estate agents, solicitors and private individuals. Daily papers, such as The Herald, The Scotsman and The Press and Journal, usually have a set day for property advertisements and some publish a weekly supplement. Estate agents Remember that the estate agent is working for the seller, not for you, the prospective purchaser. This is the case even if the agent offers to provide other services, such as to help you find a mortgage. It is a good idea to contact local estate agents in the area and give them details of the type of home you are looking for and the price range you can afford. You can get details of any homes they have on offer and get on their postal and lists for details of homes that come onto the market later. The larger agents publish details of properties throughout Scotland in free news-sheets and on their websites. An estate agent will usually arrange for you to view likely homes and, if you are interested, will negotiate with you on behalf of the seller. As with solicitors property centres (see below), you can register with them on their websites for updates by . Property websites You can search for property and register for alerts on property websites, such as; a guide to buying and selling your home 15 v6 Moving Home.indd 15 08/05/ :43 View more
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