Also, the home report guidance is being updated to make the limitations of the single survey clearer to buyers and to provide information about other steps that buyers can take to assess the condition of the home they are considering buying. 10:30 In saying that, it is important to state something that is true but is perhaps not mentioned very much, which is that when someone buys a heritable property—typically a house or flat, a dwelling house—the system is caveat emptor.