Welcome to HIPS Direct 2U - Home Information Packs

Failing to obtain a HIP in the required circumstances is a Criminal Offence As from 14th December 2007

All properties put on the market for sale require a Home Information Pack (HIP), save in limited circumstances. See Who needs a HIP?

At HipsDirect2u we have put together a cost effective and affordable solution. We aim to provide your HIP within 3 days – 5 working days of payment being received.

The Home Information Pack must include:

• Index
• Sale Statement,
• An Energy Performance Certificate containing advise on how to reduce carbon emissions and save
  fuel costs,
• Evidence of Title,
• Replies to Local Search and Drainage Search,
• Lease (if leasehold property)

and may also include the following:

• Replies to Standard Preliminary Enquiries made of behalf of the Buyers,
• Copies of any Planning, Listed Building and Building Regulations Consents and Approvals,
• For new properties, copies of warranties and guarantees,
• Any guarantees for work carried out on the property.

At present it is possible to market your property once the HIP has been commissioned although this is likely to change on 1st January 2009 when the Government advise that the HIP must be available before the property is marketed. (Although it is likely that there will remain in place provisions to include the required searches and leasehold information within 28 days of the pack being issued).