Hip-save

purplepixies123

Hi out there, has anyone used Hip-Save yet? are they good or bogus? Anyone recommend anything for reliable Hip? Thank you.

rosieryan

Don't touch Hip-Save with a barge pole! My partner had to chase them up after they failed to produce a Mini-HIP 4 weeks after he'd paid them which meant the marketing of his property was delayed, and now they've failed to do 2 key searches on my HIP (3 months after I paid them!) thus jeopardising the sale of my property and therefore the purchase of my new house. When I complained they trotted out the usual platitudes about 'not adhering to the desired timeframes' - when pressed they 'fessed up that they'd forgotten! Utter incompetents. I will probably sue them for negligence and for all the considerable legal fees their failures have now cost me. I've now had to do both searches myself directly in order to avert total conveyancing disaster - the drainage search cost around £40 and will be delivered within 24 hours, ditto the local authority search for £93. Do not trust these people! Far better to DIY. HIPS in any case are a total waste of money and time - and they can't even do the easy jobs we now have to pay them to do. Grrrr!

IDEA_2

HIP-Save aka HIP-Serve. Stay away!

Released today;

PCCB Press Release - Suspension of Registration of HIP-Save Ltd and HIPserve (UK) Ltd

For information, please find below the contents of a press release being issued today by PCCB.

PCCB suspends registration of HIP Provider

The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) today announced that it has suspended the registration of HIP Code subscriber HIP-Save Ltd and HIPserve (UK) Ltd after it persistently failed to meet the Board’s compliance requirements and thereby comply with PCCB’s Registration Rules.

The Baldock based company (formerly based in London) was inspected in 2009 against the requirements of the HIP Code and although it responded satisfactorily to many of the PCCB’s recommendations, it failed to satisfactorily comply with all the associated actions within specified deadlines. The PCCB Compliance Committee therefore imposed a suspension sanction as provided for under PCCB Rules. The firm's details have been removed from the PCCB Register but may be reinstated at a later date if the firm submits to a further inspection and responds satisfactorily to the same.

Richard Footitt, Chairman of the PCCB said: “This action demonstrates that the PCCB will not hesitate to act where it finds instances of non-compliance. In the consumer interest, we are determined to uphold the integrity of the HIP and Search Codes of Practice which are the best guarantee of quality and value for money in a difficult market. The PCCB expects nothing less than fully compliant practice from Code signatories.”

bigh.

Hi this is my first post on this site....
I have a HIP pending with hip-save and I am still waiting for them to complete the drainage and local authority survey.
I have down loaded all my other information from their site.
Can i get the local authority and drainage survey completed independently?
If so any idea on costs.

david29dpo

Yes you can. Which council do you come under?