Home Information Packs

At Collier & Co, Solicitors, we welcome any initiative to speed up the conveyancing process but recognise that many of our clients would not wish to incur any additional expense before the process of selling their property can begin.

To assist our clients, Collier & Co., with many local estate agents and home inspectors, have joined HIPAG (The Independent HIP Group, in association with Oyez Straker & Stat Plus).

The Group will finance the cost of the HIP, on your behalf, on a deferred payment scheme.

This means NO UP FRONT COST to you.

Payment will be on completion.

For more information please contact us.

If you are thinking of buying or selling your home, READ ON.

From 1 June 2007 it will be mandatory for the seller of a property in
England or Wales to provide a potential buyer with a Home Information Pack.
The seller will not be able to market their property without one.
This pack, known as an HIP, will be introduced by the Government to significantly
reduce the number of sales that fall through, by providing key information to a
potential buyer at the beginning of the process. Amongst many other things, the contents of the HIP will include a Local Authority Search, a Home Condition Report and a Property Information Form.

The HIP is expected to cost between £600 and £1,000 (+VAT) depending
on the size and/or value of your home.