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You need a HIP before you can start to market your property
Energicert Ltd can suppply a 'Market Ready HIP' within 24 hours
Double guarantee
All Energicert HIPs come with a double guarantee.
Firstly that your HIP will be HIP-Code compliant
meaning that it meets all the current regulations as legal requirements, if your
HIP is found not to be HIP-Code compliant, we will refund double the cost of
your HIP.
Our second guarantee is that your Energicert HIP will be
acceptable to all Estate Agents and solicitors, if there is an Estate Agent or Solicitor
who do not an accept an Energicert HIP, we will refund double the cost.
Any house placed on the English and Welsh housing market needs to have a Home Information Pack (HIP) available. It is known that some elements of the HIP can take some time to become available, to ensure that the marketing of a property is not delayed, as 'Market Ready' HIP can be made available and the full HIP follow. Energicert Ltd can make a 'Market Ready' HIP available within 24 hours from the time the order is placed.
Most HIP providers supply 'Personal Searches' as standard becasue these are often quicker to obtain and cost considerable less to supply. Most lenders now accept a 'Personal Search', (see list below).Our HIP providers are members of The Association of Home Pack Providers (AHIPP Link). Being members of AHIPP, you can be sure that a HIP from Energicert Ltd fully meets all legal standards and is fully compliant with the HIP code of practice.
A link to a list of Lenders who have said that they wil accept 'Personal Searches'
Energicert Ltd can supply a 'Market Ready independent Home Information Pack (HIP), normally within 24 Hours with the full HIP following within 7 to 10 days from only £255.00 inclusive.
HIP regulations from April 2009 - Click here to see the changes
Home Information Pack contains a number of legal documents, these have traditionally been obtained by the solicitor working for the buyer of the property. It has been possible in the past for a number of people vying to purchase a property to obtain these documents, thus adding to the cost of purchasing the property.
It’s a
simple equation
HIPS helps your house sell faster.
FACT*
The number of failed buy/sell transactions currently stands at around
30%
FACT*
Trials of HIPs have shown a reduction in the ‘fall through’ rate to
around 8%
This means that the chance to sell your own house and buy the one you
want goes up from 70% to 92%
* Rentons Countrywide estate
agency
The HIP pack contains a minimum of the following documents:
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A Sale Statement, detailing the price, description and any fixtures and fittings that are included in the sale.
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A copy of the Title Deeds from HM Land Registry, showing the area of the property and if there are any mortgages or other charges held against the property. The title deeds also show if there are any restrictions or covenants or rights of way included in the boundary of the property.
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The local searches from the Local Authority, Water Company and if deemed necessary the Coal Authority. These documents will show if there are any planned roads, sewerage and planning permissions granted which might affect the property. Searches come in two varieties, there are Official Searches and what are termed Personal Searches. Some of the prospective purchasers solicitors and lenders may not accept Personal Searches, however, these are quicker and cheaper to obtain.
- Property Information Questionaire, which will aloow potential buyers to make a more infomed decision regaring the purchase of your house.
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New to house sellers is the Energy Performance Certificate is the new element and is the only part of the HIP that requires a visit to your home. Read more about EPC here.
The HIP may also provide a Home Condition Report. The HCR goes into more depth of the condition of the house, more like have a House Buyers report when your buy the house, but the requirement to have this as part of the HIP was removed by the government.
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