What is a Home Information Pack?
The Home Information Pack is a set of documents
providing important information about a property, such as its energy efficiency, boundary ownership
and planning permissions.
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 include:
- An index (i.e. a list of the contents of the Pack)
- An Energy Perfomance Certificate
- A sale statement (summarising the terms of sale)
- Evidence of title
- Standard searches (e.g. local authority enquiries and a drainage and water search)
- Where appropriate, commonhold information
Click here to see a demonstration HIP
What is an Energy Performance Certificate?
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
tell home buyers and sellers about a home’s energy efficiency – using A to G ratings, like those used
to rate fridges and washing machines.
The Certificates also make recommendations for cost-effective improvements that can be made to help
cut fuel bills and carbon emissions. The EPC is prepared by Domestic Energy Assessors or Home Inspectors
who are members of a Government approved Certification Scheme. It is estimated that by following the
recommendations in an EPC, an average of £300 a year can be saved in fuel bills.
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