If you are selling a property, the law now requires you to have a Home Information Pack (HIP).  This pack contains legal documents including an Energy Performance Certificate.

If you choose Jeffersons Management Services to sell your property, we will take the stress out of the process and organise it for you.   However, for information, below are the important and relevant details that you should know.

If you place a property on the market, you are required to produce a HIP for that property.  This has been mandatory since 14th December 2007.  All documents in a HIP (apart from the Energy Performance Certificate) are legal documents that can be relied upon.  

It is still possible to proceed with the conveyance before the HIP is ready, however we will always commission a HIP in order to forward the information to the buyer or their legal representative as soon as we receive the information.

The intention of this piece of legislation is to improve the buying and selling process by giving purchasers more information from the outset in order that an informed decision can be made.  This should also reduce the number of aborted transactions.

All HIPs must contain:

• Index
• Terms of sale
• Evidence of title deeds
• New properties – copies of warranties and guarantees
• Standard searches – local authority enquiries, drainage and water searches
• An Energy Performance Certificate
• For leasehold properties, you must provide a copy of the lease.

Optional documents which may be included:

• Replies to standard preliminary enquiries made on behalf of potential purchasers
• Guarantees for any work carried out on the property
• A home condition report based on a professional survey
• Copies of building regulation consents and approvals
• Copies of any planning or listed buildings.