Home Inspection Packs from Blanchard Consultancy

Home Inspection Packs

What is a home inspection pack?

From 1st June 2007 all home owners in England and Wales will need to arrange for a Home Information Pack (HIP) to be prepared before putting their homes up for sale. The HIP will contain all the relevant documentation needed to sell a house including a Home Condition Report.

The Government is introducing HIP's to improve the process of buying and selling a home. Currently this can be a stressful and costly experience which is prone to delay and failure.

Dry Run

To help ensure a smooth and successful implementation of the statutory HIP scheme, there will be a 'dry-run' on a voluntary basis in England and Wales during 2006.

The aim of the 'dry-run' is to provide the industry and the public with the opportunity to experience and operate the full statutory HIP scheme in advance of its introduction throughout England and Wales on a mandatory basis.

The increased availability and take up of voluntary schemes should have raised the profile of HIP's among the home buying and selling public and the Government intends to build on this with an extensive public information campaign before and during the 'dry-run'.

Benefits of Home Information Packs

The HIP will bring together at the very start of the process important information which at present is collected piecemeal in the days and weeks after an offer has been accepted.

Blanchard Consultancy is able to conduct a home buyer's report survey on a prospective property.

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