A quick Hips question

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Lord Pikey

Original Poster:

3,257 posts

222 months

Wednesday 29th July 2009
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Is there any difference between a §400 HIPs and a §195 hips?

And if there isnt can anyone recommend the cheapest one they have found and used.

LP

P.s I do not have a pound symbol on my keyboard

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

240 months

Wednesday 29th July 2009
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Other than that one might well have a 'proper' local search in it and be bound up more nicely there is unlikely to be any difference at all.

You are best to get the cheapest HIP you can find and go from there. Most Conveyancers I know do their own Local and only rely on the water search, particularly as many are now 6mths+ out of date. They can give a little heads up as to what to expect but really they are a waste of time and money.

prand

6,021 posts

203 months

Wednesday 29th July 2009
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We got a HIP for £185 from myhiphome. Easy to sort online, an energy surveyor came round within a week and the rest was completed a week later.

Get the cheapest you can from a reckognised supplier, then you will have covered your legal obligations for selling your house.

Your buyers might be able to save £48 on the water and drainage searches, but their solicitor will want to search everything else.

cuneus

5,963 posts

249 months

Wednesday 29th July 2009
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Also used myhiphome - a bargain since the guy was there for nearly the whole day

Dave_ST220

10,341 posts

212 months

Wednesday 29th July 2009
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http://www.myhiphome.co.uk/

another vote for them.

Lord Pikey

Original Poster:

3,257 posts

222 months

Wednesday 29th July 2009
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Cheers.

myhiphome it is. ordered smile