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Selling without HIPS

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  • trudiha
    trudiha Posts: 398 Forumite
    WillowCat wrote: »
    If you have three bedrooms you would have needed to have been on the market before 10th September.

    Does anyone know if it has to be on the market with the same vendor? The house that I'm trying to buy was given in part exchange for a new build, it was sold by its last occupant to my vendor in January and it may or may not have been for sale before then. The EA is insisting that it doesn't need a HIP because its original owners were trying to sell it before they part exchanged but because he's an EA and his lips are moving when he saying this I'm a little hesitant at take this at face value.
  • Jorgan_2
    Jorgan_2 Posts: 2,270 Forumite
    trudiha wrote: »
    Does anyone know if it has to be on the market with the same vendor? The house that I'm trying to buy was given in part exchange for a new build, it was sold by its last occupant to my vendor in January and it may or may not have been for sale before then. The EA is insisting that it doesn't need a HIP because its original owners were trying to sell it before they part exchanged but because he's an EA and his lips are moving when he saying this I'm a little hesitant at take this at face value.

    If the vendor has changed it needs to have a new HIP.

    I'm dealing with a few part ex's at the moment that were on before the HIP deadlines and the builders have had to provide a HIP.
  • trudiha
    trudiha Posts: 398 Forumite
    Thank you very much indeed, Jorgan, I'm now feeling very ashamed about making Estate Agent generalisations.

    I don't really care about the energy performance cert but is there anything I can do to get 'em to pay for the searches?
  • Jorgan_2
    Jorgan_2 Posts: 2,270 Forumite
    trudiha wrote: »
    Thank you very much indeed, Jorgan, I'm now feeling very ashamed about making Estate Agent generalisations.

    I don't really care about the energy performance cert but is there anything I can do to get 'em to pay for the searches?

    I'd ask them for the HIP, it is required to have one.
  • I'v not paid the EA bill yet so I will certainly be speaking to them over this HIP thing! I had the energy part done the day after the house had an offer on it, Thank you for your very good advice, obviously the EA left it till last minute to sort out!! I wont be doing the same to them I'll go and see them first thing in the morning!!:mad:
  • You could always try companies that guide you through the moving process and have SLA's with HIP's providers. They can do a HIP within 5 days for example. Companies like OneMove make moving painless - http://www.onemove.com/cms.php?m=service&s=hips
  • You can try companies like Onemove. They can give you all the information and guide you through the entire process - http://www.onemove.com/cms.php?m=service&s=hips
  • Jorgan_2
    Jorgan_2 Posts: 2,270 Forumite
    Warren are you spamming your own spam?
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