can anyone please recommend an Online HIP supplier?

azkaban420

Hi everyone, my apologies if this has been asked before, but in searching I couldn't find anything too recent.

Has anyone recently used an online HIP supplier that they can recommend? I got mine done through my agent (being none-the-wiser at the time) but since I've found this site, I am better informed

It's for my brother and I told him I'd check to see as am sure he can save some money doing it online rather than paying the agents £300+ vat? They told him it was fine to use someone else, but did say they take ages through online companies (which I don't believe entirely, and bro isn't in any huge rush anyway, so why not save money?)

Thanks for your help in advance

Az

azkaban420

Bumpety bump!

babyharry5

HI there
we used Hips4u.com - they were very quick , efficient and a lot cheaper than the estate agents. It was completed within 9 days

kprice580

Hi,

I used www.hipview.co.uk for mine, they may have a local office that you can call someone, thats what i did, and they worked out cheapest for me.

Hope you get what your loooking for

Katy x

azkaban420

Thanks Babyharry and KatyP - Katy can you please tell me how long yours took to complete?

Thanks,
Az

Oldbiggles

azkaban420 wrote: »

Hi everyone, my apologies if this has been asked before, but in searching I couldn't find anything too recent.

Has anyone recently used an online HIP supplier that they can recommend? I got mine done through my agent (being none-the-wiser at the time) but since I've found this site, I am better informed


Az

When Hips were first introduced, David Cameron immediately said that if the Tory Party were elected they would cancel this stupid idea. I trust he hasn’t forgot.
Frankly I am amazed that anyone would accept a seller’s statement that a property is OK. There is a well trotted out phrase “Buyer Beware” (usually in Latin) and it certainly applies to a costly purchase like buying a house.
House seekers with any sense will always do their own checks before considering a purchase.

babyharry5

Oldbiggles wrote: »

When Hips were first introduced, David Cameron immediately said that if the Tory Party were elected they would cancel this stupid idea. I trust he hasn’t forgot.
Frankly I am amazed that anyone would accept a seller’s statement that a property is OK. There is a well trotted out phrase “Buyer Beware” (usually in Latin) and it certainly applies to a costly purchase like buying a house.
House seekers with any sense will always do their own checks before considering a purchase.

Whether a buyer likes it or not, solicitors always do the searches again, provng what a complete waste of time. money & effort a hip is!

azkaban420

Whether we like them or not, at present we do have to provide a HIP. Now unless we want to wait for Mr. Cameron et al. to decided whether they want to scrap it or not, we're just gonna have to get on with it unfortunately :S I personally don't want to wait to see if £300 odd (or whatever the max is for a HIP these days) will be saved based on their policies, to prevent a house going on the market sooner rather than later.

JMHO

Az

abc1989

Try Pali Ltd -

Search Hip view in google!

Pali Ltd specialise in conveyancing searches and Home Information Packs and have been established since 1999. We offer an excellent service at competitive prices.
With regards to our Home Information Packs (HIPs) we have a lot more to offer than most HIP Providers: We will store the HIP for free on our global database and make it viewable for persons authorised by you via our website, Hipview. We will liaise with your solicitor and estate agent on your behalf so everybody is kept up to date with the progress and knows where to view the HIP online. If you do not have internet access we can even post you out a hardcopy for free.
We also list each property on the online property portal, Homeview.co.uk, completely free of charge, so that’s free advertising too!

Call Head office 0151 691 1170. They will be able to guide you along the way. They are quick and efficent, and offer different payment options - Buy now pay later and No Sale No fee offer, Pay up front!

abc1989

Also with regards to Cameron (Tories & Lib Dems) scraping HIPs, They have to get the legislation through in July to abolish the Hips. There is no way they can do it this year (unless they have magic powers to get the paper work done!) so it will have to be next year, So these people who are now refusing to buy a HIP are going to wait a very long time to put their house on the market.

& Im sure this is not the most important thing to do on there list to do! so scrapping HIPs will be the last thing on the list

Evee2000

babyharry5 wrote: »

Whether a buyer likes it or not, solicitors always do the searches again, provng what a complete waste of time. money & effort a hip is!

Mass generalisation, and in my experience completely untrue.