The service is in partnership with software firm Quest, which has designed a system allowing Colleys surveyors to produce own-branded reports and upload mandatory contents including the single survey and the Energy Performance Certificate.
The required property questionnaire can be edited online by the vendor or uploaded by email.
The Scottish Home Report is similar to a Home Information Pack, but includes a detailed survey of the property’s condition.
Commenting, Graeme Hartley, director of RICS Scotland said: “Over 130,000 Home Reports have now been completed since their introduction in December 2008. Our RICS members report that their clients like the Home Report and view it as a positive tool when buying and selling property in Scotland.
“The Home Report was introduced primarily to improve the condition of the housing stock in Scotland and we have always viewed the Home Report as a positive concept.
“It has also been embraced by both Consumer Focus Scotland and Which? It is important to recognise that HIPs were an entirely different product to the Home Report and the two should not be confused with each other.
“The HIP was nothing more than searches and an energy assessment. The Home Report is by contrast a 24-element condition rating survey; a valuation; a domestic energy assessment; a property questionnaire with an optional mortgage valuation report.”
Chris Sharrad, project manager, business change at Colleys Surveyors said: “We are excited to be entering the Home Report market and have been delighted with the support we have received from Quest.
“Not only are they the proven technology leader in this space but the online tools integrate with our existing systems making the implementation very straight forward. It also has a familiar look and feel to Quest’s other systems meaning our surveyors have been able to quickly get up to speed with using the Home Report solution, which is ideal.”
And James Sherwood-Rogers, managing director at Quest, added: “We have a good relationship with Colleys having worked with the firm for many years to provide their valuation and surveying IT systems. As a result, we were able to work closely with them to provide the new online tool that would support Colleys move into the Scottish Home Reports market.”
