What is a HIP?

A Home Information Pack provides information to a buyer about a property which they may wish to purchase. The pack must be provided by the home seller or the seller's agent. From the 6 April 2009 the pack must contain the following minimum documents before First Day Marketing can begin:
• Index
• Energy Performance Certificate or Predicted Energy Assessment*
• Sale statement
• Land Registry Title documents and Plan (or SIM result where the title is unregistered)
• Property Information Questionnaire*
The pack must contain the remaining required documents within 28 days:
• Local Authority Search
• Drainage & Water Search
• Epitome (where the title is unregistered)
• Copy lease (where the title is leasehold)

* HIPs for properties not physically complete at the first day of marketing will require a Predicted Energy Assessment and a New Homes Property Information Questionnaire.

HIPs are not required when selling the following properties:
• non-residential property
• mixed commercial and residential property
• sales of tenanted properties
• a portfolio of residential properties sold as a single lot
• residential properties which are unsafe or due for demolition