It is a legal requirement to have a HIP and you cannot market your property without one. The HIP provides important information to prospective buyers and includes some searches which can help to speed up the selling process.
You don’t need a HIP for:
- properties where there is no marketing, for example if you are selling to a member of your family
- non-residential properties
- properties limited by law to use as holiday accommodation or occupation for less than 11 months per year
- mixed sales, for example a shop with flat
- sales of portfolios of properties, for example selling two properties together
- properties not being sold with completely vacant possession, for example with a sitting tenant
- unsafe properties and properties due to be demolished
- properties sold through the ‘Right to Buy’, ‘Right to Acquire’ and ‘Social HomeBuy’ home ownership schemes
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The HIP must be available and contain the following documents on the first day a property is put on the market:
- Home Information Pack Index
- Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ)
- Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) or Predicted Energy Assessment (PEA)
- sustainability information (required for newly built homes)
- sale statement
- evidence of title
WE CAN PREPARE YOUR HIP
We can have your HIP ready quickly so you can market your property through your chosen agent. All the documents are available in digital format and can easily be printed. Where we are acting on a sale, you may find it much more convenient for us to prepare the HIP rather than using another provider.
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If the following documents are unavailable when marketing begins, they should be added to the HIP as soon as they are available. These documents must be included within 28 days of the date the property was first placed on the market:
- standard searches (local authority and drainage and water)
- a copy of the lease for leasehold properties
- commonhold documents, where appropriate
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