another questionnaire to fill in!

poppysarah

whitesatin wrote: »

I have never had a copy of the HIP but the link is available to anyone who would need it, e.g. solicitors and surveyors. A HIP is a huge document and, thankfully, people are not generally given a hard copy. That would be a complete waste of paper, I think.

However, the subsequent waste of paper through questionnaires does make me wonder.

Write url down on the questionaire.

whitesatin

G_M wrote: »

Why don't you just give them a copy of the HIP?

As far as I know, it is not the norm to have a paper copy of the HIP but it is, instead, available through a link. I think it is a huge document. I have only ever viewed it through the link which I think is fair enough as we don't want to be wasting paper, in my opinion.

whitesatin

poppysarah wrote: »

Write url down on the questionaire.

It's a thought, poppysarah but I still think it is a waste of the three sheets of A4 plus envelope. I will be seeing the surveyor when he comes so I will make a point of letting him know (politely) what I think.

whitesatin

Running_Horse wrote: »

Judging by your OP and reply I will just think you are rude and not bother.

No one likes accumulating folders of paperwork when buying and selling, but you just have to stop whining and get on with it, and shred most of it afterwards.

It was never my intention to be rude, Running Horse, not in my OP anyway. But I do find it annoying when people reply in what I think is a curt manner to my heartfelt posts. These are message boards after all and most of us come on here for some constructive answers to our questions.

Believe me, I know all about accumulating folders of paperwork when buying and selling property, I have been doing that for 40 years. However, I do find it very strange that in this age of technology, we seem to be generating more, not less paperwork.

You may not agree with that but it is how I feel. Once should be enough when providing information.

mark5

A few years ago when I done a part-exchange with Barratt, we received loads of questionaires which we spent hours filling in with accurate information digging through paperwork to give accurate answers to the questions.

We then received copies of the questionnaires our solicitor had sent to Barratt, someone had completed it in about 5 mins maximum, with various answers like not to our knowledge, n/a, yes, no and not known. I still have the copy and if i ever move again I will give exactly the same answers!

timmyt

whitesatin wrote: »

Our buyers are having a survey (Homebuyer Report) done on our property this week. We have received a Vendor Enquiry Form to fill in to give to him when he arrives. DO NOT FILL THIS IN....YOU SHOULD NOT FILL IN ANY FORMS TO DO WITH SALE WITHOUT ADVICE FROM YOUR LAWYER

When we put the house on the market in January we had to fill in lots of (the same) information for the HIP. Our solicitor recently sent a form for us to fill in a couple of weeks ago with similar information required and now this. They want to know details of any structural alterations and additions, structural repairs, details of improvements undertaken, whether flooding, fire damage etc. has taken place, information about boundary disputes etc. etc. BAD BAD do not fill in

Do I really need to keep giving this information? Am I not doing the surveyor's job for him? Can't they just download the info from the HIP link, they may no longer be necessary but surely the info is still valid? absolutely they can and should

It goes on and on and on. I feel like I am feeding details to him to save him having to do any work. I think he should use his eyes and ask further questions should he feel he needs to.

Am I being unreasonable?

i assume the vendor's form was sent by the surveyor or the buyer - and not through your lawyer?

timmyt

vet8 wrote: »

No I do not think you are being unreasonable at all.

House selling is a joke these days, you are asked the same questions on numerous forms and surely you pay the solicitor loads of money for him to do the work, not you. We are going through the same thing and it infuriates me. What gets me is the form which asks if there are any plans for building work in the area. Now if I say "no" as that is the case as far as I know and then the buyer finds out that the neighbour, unbeknown to me, has plans to build a monstrosity in his garden, can the buyer sue me?

Surely the solicitor or the surveyor should be looking up the answers to these sort of questions, not asking the seller. I am only an amateur in this, they are very expensively paid proffessionals with insurance to cover any mistakes they make.

sorry but you are talking gibberish, the lawyer does the legal work but you know the factual info about your own house

timmyt

whitesatin wrote: »

The form has arrived in the post direct from the survey services company prior to their visit. I don't know if the buyer is aware of it at all.

your lawyer should write to the surveyor to tell them in very firm terms that they should not be doing this as they are seeking representations from a seller who is legally represented and so all communications should go through the lawyer

Bananamana

vet8 wrote: »

No I do not think you are being unreasonable at all.

House selling is a joke these days, you are asked the same questions on numerous forms and surely you pay the solicitor loads of money for him to do the work, not you. We are going through the same thing and it infuriates me. What gets me is the form which asks if there are any plans for building work in the area. Now if I say "no" as that is the case as far as I know and then the buyer finds out that the neighbour, unbeknown to me, has plans to build a monstrosity in his garden, can the buyer sue me?.

only if the buyer can show misrepresentation. Thesolicitor can deal with legal questions in relation to the title but factual points are a matter for the homeowner.

vet8 wrote: »

Surely the solicitor or the surveyor should be looking up the answers to these sort of questions, not asking the seller. I am only an amateur in this, they are very expensively paid proffessionals with insurance to cover any mistakes they make.

this made me lol

vet8

timmyt wrote: »

sorry but you are talking gibberish, the lawyer does the legal work but you know the factual info about your own house

I think you misunderstood me. When I sold my father's house, where I had never lived, there was a huge form asking if there were plans to build any new houses in the area, new roads, extensions etc. etc. I had no idea, I did not live there, but I was asked these questions.

The same questions were asked on the form we got for selling our house. Now l clearly know details about my house, but about building plans in the road? I could look it up in the district council website, but why should I? What do I pay the solicitor for?