Separate Boards for Scotland and Northern Ireland Property?

Richard_Webster

Can I revisit this issue and ask the powers that are on MSE to consider this?

Innocent OP puts up a post without telling us where property is and people try to answer generally assuming the property is in England and Wales.

You can get a longish thread with either apparent answers based on English Law or confusion because the terminology is not understood.

I have made comments on a number of threads where early info as to the location of the property would have saved a lot of confusing replies etc. The latest is https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/33996185#Comment_33996185 where the replies have generally proceeded on the basis that if the seller bought since 1990 the property must be registered - which is the case in England, but possibly not in Northern Ireland

lincroft1710

Good idea! There are so many occasions when Scottish law is completely different.

MobileSaver

At the very least there could be a warning/sticky for users posting a new thread asking them to specify whether England, Scotland or NI.

tbs624

There is of course nothing to stop respond posters from asking - early on- is this property in E/Wales? When people post on here with a problem they may not always be thinking clearly.

Recent thread here in which the poster's location is listed as Edinburgh and yet response posters ( including regulars) failed to notice.

missdee85

I agree totally the varies so much within the UK thanks for raising the issue!

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Annisele

Nothing to add, just agreeing (and bumping up a bit in the hope that if this stays on the front page the mods are more likely to see it).