***UPDATE*** Home Information Packs have now been suspended pending repeal of the relevant legislation.  It would be best to take advice before you order one.

A Home Information Pack is a set of documents providing important information about a property, such as its energy efficiency, boundary ownership and planning permissions. Every person marketing their home must have a Pack to show to potential purchasers at their request.  You are not able to market your property for sale until a pack has been produced.

What is in a Home Information Pack?

The Packs include the key documents that are normally required when homes are bought and sold. Some documents are compulsory and others optional:-

The compulsory documents are:

·         An index

·         An Energy Performance Certificate

·         A sale statement

·         Evidence of title

·         Standard searches (local authority enquiries and a drainage and water search)

·         A Home Use Form

·         A Home Contents Form

·          Where appropriate, commonhold information

·          Where appropriate, leasehold information

  Optional documents may include:

·         A Home Condition Report

·         A legal summary

·         Guarantees and warranties

·         Other relevant searches such as Environmental Report, Coal Mining Searches

·         Additional relevant information

Why choose us to provide your HIP?

HIPS contain a large amount of complex, legal information and as solicitors we are best placed to prepare and interpret these Packs. At ABA LAW Solicitors we are confident that we can compile a HIP that is the right solution for your next sale:-

            .           Guaranteed compliance with HIP legislation

            .           The HIP will belong to you and not to your estate agent

            .           Competitively priced

What does your ABA-LAW Solicitors HIP cost?

If you instruct ABA-LAW Solicitors to undertake the conveyancing on your sale we will not charge for the preparation of the HIP. You will be responsible only for the payment of the disbursements associated with the HIP. Typical disbursements* are:-

            .  Energy Performance Certificates £65.00

            .  Local Authority Search and Water & Drainage Search £135.00

            .  Land Registry Title Entries £8.00

**If you instruct ABA-LAW Solicitors to compile your HIP only we will charge £75 plus VAT in addition to the disbursement costs for doing so.

*The Disbursements that make up this price are monies payable to third parties and can be subject to change due to fluctuations in their prices. If your property is leasehold, Land Registry Titles cost £16.00.