Housing and lettings · Scotland
SHQS Assessment
Assess a social rented home in Scotland against the Scottish Housing Quality Standard, element by element, with the result for each criterion and for the home worked out from the elements.
- Where it applies
- Scotland
- Records grouped
- By criterion
- Included in
- Every plan, and your two free projects
Who it’s for
- Council and housing association surveyors in Scotland
- Stock condition teams assessing homes against the SHQS
What you record
Tap Pass or Not applicable on each of the 57 elements, listed under the five criteria, or open an element to record a fail, an exemption or an abeyance with its reason. Add the measurement where one decides the result, the evidence you saw and up to 10 photos you can mark up. The result for each criterion and for the home is worked out for you.
For council and housing association surveyors assessing one home at a time against the Scottish Housing Quality Standard. The elements carry the guidance’s own numbers, and the results for each criterion and for the home are worked out from the element results, not chosen by hand.
Exemptions and abeyances record the reason, who decided for the landlord and when. Changes to results are kept as a history, and you review and sign off the assessment when you make the report.
What the report contains
- A cover with your logo and colours
- Contents and the result for the home and each criterion
- A schedule of all 57 elements
- Exemptions and abeyances, with who decided them and when
- A history of changes to results
- A sign-off, with a line to sign by hand
Written with reference to
- Scottish Government: Scottish Housing Quality Standard technical guidance for social landlords (updated January 2021)
- Scottish Housing Regulator: Scottish Social Housing Charter technical guidance for landlords (January 2026), indicators 6, C7 and C8
- Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, section 86 (the Tolerable Standard)
- Scottish Government: Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing guidance (revised 2020) and interim guidance (March 2026)
The template follows these as they stood when it was written. It isn’t legal advice, and using it doesn’t make an inspection compliant: that’s for the person carrying it out.
Pages from the sample report
Made by the app’s own report engine. Select a page to see it full size.
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Cover
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Inside page
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Findings with photos
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