- What is a Solicitors Property Centre?
- In Scotland property has traditionally often been advertised and sold through Solicitor firms rather than Estate Agents. In order to reach a larger audience, many solicitors co-operate in advertising their properties for sale and to let by forming local 'Solicitors Property Centres'. These may have one or more physical offices displaying property, produce their own newspapers and of course, have very strong web presences.
- Why can't I find property in.....?
- Although most of the Solicitors Property Centres in Scotland are supplying their data to this site, not all are. To find the SPC which covers the area you're looking at, click the Centres link at the bottom of this page.
- How do I advertise my property on this website?
- The SSPC website only shows property for sale through member Solicitor firms. If you engage a Scottish solicitor to sell your home for you, they are very likely to be members of an SPC, and your property will feature on the local SPC website as well as this one.
See our directory of member solicitors to find one near to you.
- I've never heard of SPCs. Why shouldn't I just use a national estate agent?
- Although the SPC system is well known within Scotland, if you are from outside the country you may well assume that searching on one of the well known national websites will show you all the properties for sale in your area of interest. However, a majority of the properties on SPC websites don't appear on these national ones. A web search for 'property Liverpool' or 'property Bristol' will usually show a national estate agent as the top search result, but if you try 'property Glasgow' or 'property Edinburgh' you'll find an SPC at the top. That reflects the market share of SPCs in Scotland.
- Why doesn't your map show Shetland?
- We also hate it when a map purporting to show the whole of Scotland or the UK misses off the Northern Isles, but in this case the Google map automatically zooms and centres itself based on the properties it shows - that means that if we don't have any properties in the islands today, then Shetland may be cropped out.
- I've noticed a property is wrongly located on the map.
- The location of properties is not guaranteed - you should double check using the address and the details on the local SPC website before committing yourself to anything. Some of our property locations are supplied by the individual SPC and some are geolocated using other services like Google Maps. If you are the owner of an incorrectly located property, you should contact your selling solicitor to have it updated.
- Who owns this website?
- The SSPC is a body formed by all of the individual SPCs in Scotland - this website is owned jointly by the SPCs and their member Solicitor firms. The property data shown on the site is owned by the individual SPC and solicitor firm involved, and drawn directly from each participating SPC's website: it should never be more than a few hours out of date. The site is maintained for the SSPC by Plexus Media Ltd, a web design company in the Scottish Highlands. If you discover any bugs, please let sspc@plexusmedia.co.uk know.
