What is the best and cheapest hip pack?

wickedchef123

What is the best and cheapest hip pack to go with which also includes the energy certifacte? And is savi online estate agent any good?

pie81

There's no real difference between HIP packs, they all have the same stuff in (incl energy cert). The best are the ones which come through the quickest. I found hips4u gave a good quick service (I paid extra for express service mind you) - turnaround took about 5 days.

Cheapest - dunno there are so many providers. Online ones tend to be cheaper than estate agents though.

G_M

do a search for 'HIP' on this forum - this has been discussed at length several times!

pault123

At what stage can I ask to look at a HIP for a house i've viewed? are they readily available upon request to any house viewer?

david29dpo

You can ask anytime.

G_M

You can ask before you view. It must be available when the property is marketed. May be a cost if you want a copy but should be free to look at either on screen or a master paper copy, at the agent's office.

skintchick

Green Homes did our HIP and were very quick (made us marketable in 3 working days) and we thought good value. They're based in Reading.

parallax_20

HIP packs don't need to be completed before the marketing begins as long as the EA has confirmation that one has been instructed when it goes to market. Roughly takes 2 weeks and prices vary. I used abodeHIPs.co.uk as they have a conveyancing package bundle that I also took up.

Buyers can request to view it at anytime whilst its being marketed, but often only required after a viewing and the buyers are genuinely interested. HIPS are compiled online and can be accessed via the suppliers website, or a final copy is created as a PDF document to be sent to EAs. Some EA's just want the EPC part for their advertising.

EA's will only charge buyers for hard copies and postage if specifically requested, otherwise its normally viewed electronically.

Richard_Webster

If you are selling a property with an unregistered title or two titles or a shared freehold flat or a house where you bought it leasehold and then later bought the freehold there is unfortunately a potential for cheap HIP providers not to check or understand what is happening and miss something out. You are then better off with a solicitor or licensed conveyancer who would know how to deal with these points.

david29dpo

Richard_Webster wrote: »

If you are selling a property with an unregistered title or two titles or a shared freehold flat or a house where you bought it leasehold and then later bought the freehold there is unfortunately a potential for cheap HIP providers not to check or understand what is happening and miss something out. You are then better off with a solicitor or licensed conveyancer who would know how to deal with these points.

Quite, cheap packs are fine with simple houses but you get what you pay for.

timmyt

It is a legal pac, so use a law firm who know what they are looking at.

Their outfit is bricks and mortar and who are not fly by night internet companies. Try getting them to correct a mistake.

My form do them same day (yes) or within 72 hours max. Title is instant online, so is taking telephone intructions for the PIQ. The EPC we have chaps out the same or next day. £299 all in.

The unregistered title can follow in 28days, as can a lease, but so many cheap outfits never follow it up, so your HIP is poorly done but you paid full price.