When you now sell your home you must provide prospective buyers with some information. This information is contained in a
Home Information Pack [HIP] and you can put it together yourself or get someone to do it for you, usually your Estate Agent or an independent pack provider.
The pack must contain:
- Terms of sale
- Evidence of
title
- A property
information form
- A fixtures
and fittings form
- Planning consents,
agreements and directions and building control certificates
- Warranties
and guarantees for new properties and for any work carried out on the property
- Replies to
standard searches
- An Energy
Efficiency Certificate
HIPs for new build properties will not require a Home Condition
Report if the property has an NHBC certificate or equivalent.
Leasehold properties will need to provide:
- A copy of
the lease
- Recent service
charge accounts and receipts
- Current and
planned future works
- Buildings
insurance policy details and payment receipts
- Regulations
made by the landlord or management company
- Memorandum
of articles of the landlord or management company
Other documents which may be included:
- A Home Condition
Report (HCR)
- A summary
or explanation of any pack document
- Information
identifying the property including a description, photograph, map, plan or drawing of the property.
Hips for new build properties will not need a Home Condition Report if the property has an NHBC
certificate or similar.
If you would like further information please visit the government’s
website:-
http://www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk/consumer/
Or you ‘find an assessor’ on the home page http://www.hcrregister.com.
