Home Information Packs: the cost and impact of them...

Having seen the list of excellent questions that people have when going to buy a house I saw the one about the home information packs.

This is something that is of particulary interest to me: what exactly is in the home information pack and what is the point of it?

I would be interested to hear more about it and what purpose they serve, as I am to be honest totally unsure what it is or the point of it. Have anyone who has bought a house since the HIPs came in found it a useful addition and did it make the process of buying the house go more smoothly or make you feel more in possession of the facts upfront in the buying process?

Re : Home Information Packs: the cost and impact of them

Home Information Packs... there has been talk that if the Tories get into government then they will get rid of the HIPs though I have no idea if that is the case or not.

I can see that they were a good idea in that they present some important information to those who are interested in purchasing the property and therefore save each of the people who look around incurring those costs, I wonder if it does put people off putting their house on the market though as it is one more barrier to putting it up for sale?

There is a page on this site in the articles section that explains all about the HIP and what it actually contains so I would suggest reading that for more information on the subject.