Hunter & Robertson supports the use of the standard style of domestic house purchase offer recommended by the Joint Working Party of the Edinburgh Conveyancers Forum and the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. This style of offer refers to and incorporates the standard conditions contained in the Combined Standard Clauses (2011 Edition). These standard clauses are an attempt to cover the conditions that most solicitors would consider to be fair and reasonable. They cover all of the detail and “small print” of a normal house purchase contract striking a reasonable balance between the interests of purchaser and seller. It is obviously important that clients involved in a transaction either as purchaser or seller are fully aware of these detailed conditions and for this reason we have published the Client Guide to the Combined Standard Clauses (2011 Edition) on our website. Please follow the link to access this guide. If you have any questions, general or specific, arising out of these standard clauses please contact one of the solicitors in our Conveyancing Department – William Hill or Steven Millar.