Facts - Home information packs (HIPS)

June 1st sees the HIPS becoming obligatory. Here’s an idiot guide to it.

All Home Information Packs must contain:

• For new properties, copies of warranties and guarantees
• Any guarantees for work carried t on the property
• Standard searches (that is, local thority inquiries, plus a drainage and water search)
• An energy performance certificate

Leaseholders must also provide:

• A copy of the lease
• Their most recent service charge unts and receipts
• Building insurance policy details and payment receipts
• Copies of any regulations made le landlord or management
  company
• The memorandum and articles of association of the landlord or management company

Where appropriate for leasehold properties, a new home warranty will also be required

The following documents may be included in the Hip but are optional:

• A home condition report, based on a professional survey of the property
• Other guarantees and warranties
• Other searches

For more information go to http://www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk/home.aspx

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