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What is a HIP?

HIP stands for Home Information Pack. These packs consist of a collection of documents required prior to a property being offered for sale in order for the exchange to be completed in a fast and efficient manner.

Some of these documents are mandatory and therefore must be included and some are non-mandatory, meaning that they can be included as an added benefit to ease the sale.

The mandatory documents are:

• Home Information Pack Index
• Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) - General Version
• Energy Performance Certificate
• Sale Statement (summarising terms of sale)
• Evidence of title
• Standard Searches (i.e. local authority enquiries and drainage and water search) and
• Where appropriate - leasehold information (including a copy of lease, information on service charges and insurance)
• Where appropriate - common hold information (including a copy of the common hold community statement)
• Where appropriate - a New Homes Warranty
• Where appropriate - a report on a home that is not physically complete

The non-mandatory documents are:

• A Home Condition Report
• A legal summary
• A Home Use Form
• A Home Contents Form
• Guarantees and warranties
• Other searches relevant to the particular area
• Extra title information (e.g. copy indemnity policies)

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