article_snippet: After there were delays finalising some of the contract details - known in Scotland as the missives - she received the keys on January 22, just over 10 weeks after viewing the property. '
article_snippet: the former owner of the house, a prison officer allegedly told She that the property was 'a wee bit dodgy' but that She would make it 'immaculate' for them to move in.
article_snippet: Richard Peters, a house surveyor working for Allied Surveyors Scotland, said the former owner of the house, a prison officer checked the property on October 21 last year.
article_snippet: This picture, taken of the home as it was advertised in the estate agents' brochure, show it in perfect living condition prior to the sale .
article_snippet: Scottish property law differs to that in the rest of the UK.
article_snippet: Adrian King, of selling agent Remax, Dunfermline branch, added: 'this house was marketed by office and viewed and inspected by the purchaser who then preceded to purchase the property. '
article_snippet: Any deterioration in the property which may have occurred in the intervening period between the inspection and purchase, is a matter to be resolved between the respective purchasers, vendors and solicitors.'