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Home buyers report for private sale

twixeey
twixeey Posts: 183 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Please can someone tell me if it is necessary to get a Home Buyers Report/Survey, we have a small house for sale in England, not on the market yet but empty, someone has rung us and said they are interested.

Thanks Twixeey

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  • Richard_Webster
    Richard_Webster Posts: 7,646 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    You have to have a Home Information Pack arranged if you advertise or market the property for sale in any way.

    A Home Buyer's Report is a kind of survey which a buyer can arrange if he wants. It is certainly not the seller's responsibility.
    RICHARD WEBSTER

    As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.
  • twixeey
    twixeey Posts: 183 Forumite
    Richard_Webster wrote: »
    You have to have a Home Information Pack arranged if you advertise or market the property for sale in any way.

    A Home Buyer's Report is a kind of survey which a buyer can arrange if he wants. It is certainly not the seller's responsibility.
    Thank you.... as we have not advertised it I assume then we dont need one, this person phoned as he knew it was empty and would be sold soon.
  • david29dpo
    david29dpo Posts: 3,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    If thats the case you dont need a HIP.
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