Re viewing a house in Scotland once your offer has been accepted.

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Our offer on a house in Scotland has been accepted an estate agent told me a few weeks ago that in Scotland once your offer has been accepted you cannot view the house again until you’ve exchanged missives (is that the correct term?). I’d that correct?

You can, but only if the owner is happy to let you and you explain it's just for measurements etc.

Up here, if your offer is accepted and the house is off the market the understanding is that you have bought the house. The time for changing your mind or your offer is already past.

We're not planing on changing our mind (far from it we love the house) its more about measurements etc. as we hope to complete before Xmas so time is a bit short.

You can ask, though vendor doesn’t have to agree. No harm in asking!

That's fine we will ask if we can view again in a few weeks its not life and death it would just be nice and I will have to re organise my work if I'm going to see it. The agent (different house) said to quote "in Scotland you're not allowed to view house again until you've exchanged", implying this was some kind of slightly strange law.

here, if your offer is accepted and the house is off the market the understanding is that you have bought the house. The time for changing your mind or your offer is already past.
Not the case
The standard missives provide for access once missives concluded and most agents recommend sticking to that

I wouldn't say it's so much not allowed as frowned upon. The estate agent strongly advised us not to allow it, said the time for viewings was before offers. They might have just been particularly traditional, I have only sold once so not much to go on. Other than new builds I can't think of anyone who mentioned a viewing after offers but people don't mention every tiny detail.

You’ve already committed to buy the house (morally if not legally)... so a vendor/EA is likely to be concerned that you’re thinking of pulling out if you arrange a further viewing. Some vendors and EA won’t allow it.

If it’s measuring up, the just make it clear which measurements you want to take and ask nicely. I don’t imagine many people would object to that!