What Will My HIP Contain?

What will my HIP contain?

Compulsory Documents

- Home Information Pack Index
- Energy Performance Certificate
- Sale Statement
- Standard Searches
- Evidence of Title

1 Home Information Pack Index
The Home Information Pack Index provides a checklist for sellers, buyers, estate agents and enforcement authorities.

Where a document that must be included in the Pack is unavailable, the Index must say so, give the reason it is missing, and indicate what steps are being taken to obtain it. Where documents are added to or removed from the Pack at a later stage, the Index should be revised accordingly.

2 Energy Performance Certificate
Energy Performance Certificates tell you how energy efficient a home is on a scale of A-G. The most efficient homes - which should have the lowest fuel bills - are in band A.
The average property in the UK is in Bands D-E for both ratings. Recommendations are included in the Certificate about ways to improve the home's energy efficiency to save you money and help the environment.

Sellers of newly built homes will have to provide a predicted assessment of the energy efficiency of the property, but a full Energy Performance Certificate should be provided to the buyer when the home is completed.

3 Sale Statement
The sale statement should provide some basic information about the site, including:

• The name of the seller and the address of the
property being sold
• Whether the property is freehold, leasehold
or commonhold
• Whether the property is registered
or unregistered
• Whether or not the property is being sold with
vacant possession

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