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New Property Selling Rules In 2007??
walts1_2
Posts: 3 Newbie
Has anyone heard of sweeping changes affecting the sale of residential properties which come into force from August 2007. Specifically, in order to sell your property you MUST have certificates verifying that certain items such as heating systems, windows and even the roof is IN good efficient working order.
The word is that for the millions of properties that don't have such certificates, they will have to be inspected by a government body who will either grant or refuse them. If you can't get a certificate, you can't sell your property. This has come through a third person from an estate agent and is apparently similar to Scottish law. Does anyone know anything about it?
The word is that for the millions of properties that don't have such certificates, they will have to be inspected by a government body who will either grant or refuse them. If you can't get a certificate, you can't sell your property. This has come through a third person from an estate agent and is apparently similar to Scottish law. Does anyone know anything about it?
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From the middle of next year it will be compulsory to have a Home Information Pack (HIP) before the property can be marketed. There is a whole other thread about these so I won't bore you with details but it is going to be nothing like the Scottish system.....you have been misinformed.My home is usually the House Buying, Renting and Selling Forum where I can be found trying to (sometimes unsucessfully) prove that not all Estate Agents are crooks. With 20 years experience of Sales/Lettings and having bought and sold many of my own properties I've usually got something to say
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Nah. HIPs have just been abandoned.
The Kurse of Kirsty strikes again!0 -
meanmachine wrote:Nah. HIPs have just been abandoned.
The Kurse of Kirsty strikes again!
Since when? I must have missed something!!My home is usually the House Buying, Renting and Selling Forum where I can be found trying to (sometimes unsucessfully) prove that not all Estate Agents are crooks. With 20 years experience of Sales/Lettings and having bought and sold many of my own properties I've usually got something to say
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Not abandonded yet but certainly watered down for the time being (which actually means IMO that they are a total waste of time and effort).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5192100.stm0 -
We don't have anything like that in Scotland anyway.0
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