HIP Pack

Penny35_2

Hi

Is it possible to do your own HIP pack ?

Thanks

Doozergirl

It is, but you'll find it doesn't really offer any discount from the online HIP providers.

I DIY'd back in 2008 and the total cost was £230. I bought one last year from https://www.hips4u.com and it cost something like £208 including the VAT. The online one did not have 'official' searches but it isn't a legal requirement and the 'official' search from my DIY one ended up pretty much out of date anyway.

SmlSave

It is

Office copies from the land regisrty

Local Land Search from the council

Water search from Bourse - just one company that came to my head, the firm I work for uses One Search

EPC from a local provider

The PIQ is downloadable from hipsgov.

hope this helps

Richard_Webster

It is, but you'll find it doesn't really offer any discount from the online HIP providers.

I DIY'd back in 2008 and the total cost was £230. I bought one last year from https://www.hips4u.com and it cost something like £208 including the VAT. The online one did not have 'official' searches but it isn't a legal requirement and the 'official' search from my DIY one ended up pretty much out of date anyway.

Although understandably I am not a fan of HIP companies, Doozergirl does have a point. They generally get volume discounts from search companies and that's how they can do it cheaply. If the property is in an area where the official local searches are very cheap (e.g Portsmouth : £50) you might do it yourself more cheaply, otherwise you will be struggling, because a lot of official Council searches will cost £130-£200 or more on their own, so you have that cost plus the Water search and the EPC and the Land Registry copy entries.