Need a HIP done in NW Kent
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Can anyone recommend any HIP companies in the above area? Or any national ones that are any good? Preferably looking to pay £250 or less.
The one recommended by the EA wanted more than twice the prices advertised on the internet and then were a pain to deal with over the phone just for the initial stuff.
Cheers
(and sorry if this kind of thing has been done to death but the search facility is offline)
The one recommended by the EA wanted more than twice the prices advertised on the internet and then were a pain to deal with over the phone just for the initial stuff.
Cheers
(and sorry if this kind of thing has been done to death but the search facility is offline)
Edited by oldbanger on Thursday 19th March 12:25
oldbanger said:
Can anyone recommend any HIP companies in the above area? Or any national ones that are any good? Preferably looking to pay £250 or less.
The one recommended by the EA wanted more than twice the prices advertised on the internet and then were a pain to deal with over the phone just for the initial stuff.
Cheers
(and sorry if this kind of thing has been done to death but the search facility is offline)
Just had mine done throThe one recommended by the EA wanted more than twice the prices advertised on the internet and then were a pain to deal with over the phone just for the initial stuff.
Cheers
(and sorry if this kind of thing has been done to death but the search facility is offline)
Edited by oldbanger on Thursday 19th March 12:25
http://www.hips4u.com/
Took about 2 weeks, was half the price of the estate agent suggested one, and looks fine to me... The surveyor type person was round within the week.
Waste of money really, as I accepted an offer at just under the asking price within 5 days, so the buyer didnt even get chance to see it..
But guess you have to do what you have to do !
I used http://www.myhiphome.co.uk ciost £182 iclusive of VAT. A guy came round to look at our house for the efficiency report, and all the searches were done in a coupel of weeks.
There is no need to spend any more money that necessary on a HIP as nobody looks at it, and searches etc will be re-done by the solicitors anyway. Questions about quality of the report are irrelevant.
There is no need to spend any more money that necessary on a HIP as nobody looks at it, and searches etc will be re-done by the solicitors anyway. Questions about quality of the report are irrelevant.
mark_davies said:
HIPS actually cost 110+35+vat , dont pay a penny more
How do you know? What do you mean?What do people think about HIPS? Any value? Do you treat them like a necessary evil or look for the best one to try to get as close to "exchange ready" as possible?
With effect from 6th April you have to have a HIP (and a new thing called a Property Information Questionnaire) before anyone can market the property.
Merc fan said:
mark_davies said:
HIPS actually cost 110+35+vat , dont pay a penny more
How do you know? What do you mean?What do people think about HIPS? Any value? Do you treat them like a necessary evil or look for the best one to try to get as close to "exchange ready" as possible?
With effect from 6th April you have to have a HIP (and a new thing called a Property Information Questionnaire) before anyone can market the property.
mine wasn't ready before I'd had a number of offers, and accepted one, so my buyers clearly weren't fussed.
I looked at the one on the property I'm buying, and it hadnt highlighted that the owner had modified one of the garages to form a study without getting building regs/permissions.
So really its just a nonsense energy report, ( eg says they house is inefficient because you've got normal lightbulbs ! ), a copy of the land registry details, and some very 'high level' land searches.
Nothing you arent going to get done by your solicitor anyway.
Sadly, a potentially good idea, watered down by our half witted government to the point of being yet another waste of time and money..
Its illegal to put your house up for sale/let without having HIP or energy certificate . Estate agents have spent thousands back in 2007 to get at least 1 person from their office trained and now they are enforcing it worse than the nazi's enforced pain on jews . Alot of people jumped on the bandwagon and the market is saturated
Bassicly a quick browse on HIP assesor forum will show that there are companies that get all the paperwork together for 112+vat( searches and other bits ), on top of that you need to get an energy efficency certificate which normally costs 90-150 from estate agents . Because the market is saturated of energy assesors you can get some to come around for peanuts ( it actually 30 minutes job)
Yes they do measure the airflow in the loft
Bassicly a quick browse on HIP assesor forum will show that there are companies that get all the paperwork together for 112+vat( searches and other bits ), on top of that you need to get an energy efficency certificate which normally costs 90-150 from estate agents . Because the market is saturated of energy assesors you can get some to come around for peanuts ( it actually 30 minutes job)
Yes they do measure the airflow in the loft
Edited by mark_davies on Friday 20th March 18:40
I'm currently sitting my Commercial Energy Assessor exam next week. I didn't bother with the domestic as it's too wooly and it doesn't feel right if that makes any sense. The gubberment is pushing through sweeping changes that will make it mandatory in the immediate future. Currently they have 2.5M domestic properties awaiting inspection and not enough inspectors. They expect a Domestic Energy Assessor to find between 4 and 6 jobs per week - you do the math, it could be a lucrative business, Personaly, I have a problem hitting the man in the street for £285 for each survey as they get screwed enough at the moment, whereas I don't have a problem hitting a company which is big enough to be able afford to buy a new premesis. Either way it's something else to be able to do when there isn't a lot out there. You wouldn't believe the amount of trades I currently cover trying to maintain a standard of living 
SS HSV said:
I'm currently sitting my Commercial Energy Assessor exam next week. I didn't bother with the domestic as it's too wooly and it doesn't feel right if that makes any sense. The gubberment is pushing through sweeping changes that will make it mandatory in the immediate future. Currently they have 2.5M domestic properties awaiting inspection and not enough inspectors. They expect a Domestic Energy Assessor to find between 4 and 6 jobs per week - you do the math, it could be a lucrative business, Personaly, I have a problem hitting the man in the street for £285 for each survey as they get screwed enough at the moment, whereas I don't have a problem hitting a company which is big enough to be able afford to buy a new premesis. Either way it's something else to be able to do when there isn't a lot out there. You wouldn't believe the amount of trades I currently cover trying to maintain a standard of living
Is it expensive and involved to become a DEA? Where do you do it?I'm not doing a DEA (Domestic Energy Assessor) course. I am sitting a CEA (Commercial Energy Assessor). It is a 5 day intensive training course and it costs £2500. Some of the courses are 4 months long and that's just ridiculous IMO, I prefer somthing more concentrated... which it will be as I like accelerated learning. Going into it opened minded, I heard that the domestic market is saturated (see posts above) and I am steering well clear. It might work it might not, time will tell 
SS HSV said:
I'm not doing a DEA (Domestic Energy Assessor) course. I am sitting a CEA (Commercial Energy Assessor). It is a 5 day intensive training course and it costs £2500. Some of the courses are 4 months long and that's just ridiculous IMO, I prefer somthing more concentrated... which it will be as I like accelerated learning. Going into it opened minded, I heard that the domestic market is saturated (see posts above) and I am steering well clear. It might work it might not, time will tell
Good Lord! That's expensive. I suppose you have to view it as an investment. Interesting. Thanks for replying.SS HSV said:
I'm not doing a DEA (Domestic Energy Assessor) course. I am sitting a CEA (Commercial Energy Assessor). It is a 5 day intensive training course and it costs £2500. Some of the courses are 4 months long and that's just ridiculous IMO, I prefer somthing more concentrated... which it will be as I like accelerated learning. Going into it opened minded, I heard that the domestic market is saturated (see posts above) and I am steering well clear. It might work it might not, time will tell
Your up for a rough time if you dont have the right contacts i tell you that 100% . They work on the "i scratch your back you scratch mine principle" in the commercial assesing . You do know 18 months ago that same training course was 8k , last time I looked it was 4500 3 months ago.
Join a good forum and read some of the posts there
Edited by mark_davies on Saturday 21st March 00:14
Yes it's too much - sub £200 is what you need.
The entire mandatory HIPs comes from an EU directive that states energy assessments need to be done for all homes by a certain date (2012?). Landlords now have the same thing.
So your bill is because of the EU.
The need for energy assessments of course come from the global warming scam, but that's another scam.
The entire mandatory HIPs comes from an EU directive that states energy assessments need to be done for all homes by a certain date (2012?). Landlords now have the same thing.
So your bill is because of the EU.
The need for energy assessments of course come from the global warming scam, but that's another scam.
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