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[Marks DTM Calib]

Just had the guy round to do the environmental assesment on the house for the HIP.

What a right load of government 'dangle berries'!

1) They dont actually make any calculations against your house, they cant consider cavity wall insulation or floor insulation etc as the software just works off the building regs at the time of construction!

2) The searches carried out are useless, only the water search is of any use legally, the rest all have to be re-done by the solicitor.

Whats more is nobody looks at the bloody reports anyway!

So, 300 quid for absolutley bloody nothing!

[mantahatch]

Friend of mine who is selling his deceased parents house has refused to have one done.
He says when he gets a confirmed offer as is about sign on the dotted line then he will get it done, as apparently they don't last very long !!

Mike

[Kevin Wood]

Mate of mine is a surveyor and he says the same thing. Total waste of paper.

Unfortunately that's what happens when a load of ministers think they know best.

Kevin

[Marks DTM Calib]

Friend of mine who is selling his deceased parents house has refused to have one done.
He says when he gets a confirmed offer as is about sign on the dotted line then he will get it done, as apparently they don't last very long !!

Mike

Its illegal to market a house without one....even a sign in the window counts as marketing.

They are valid for upto 1 year and as long as the property is marketed.

[psychnurse]

Yep... What a waste! A waste of time and money. I dont see the use of it at all!

And where does the 300 notes end up?  

[ians]

I can see the value of a proper environmental survey,  but not why this has to be legislated for.    

A friend ended up buying a house that we looked at and considered buying.  Turns out he has to get his oil filled up once a month as the house is so poorly insulated.  

However as with most things legislated for , the absolute minimum seems to be done - what happens if you upgrade insulation beyond the then current building regs?  Not count for anything?

[Marks DTM Calib]

I can see the value of a proper environmental survey,  but not why this has to be legislated for.    

A friend ended up buying a house that we looked at and considered buying.  Turns out he has to get his oil filled up once a month as the house is so poorly insulated.  

However as with most things legislated for , the absolute minimum seems to be done - what happens if you upgrade insulation beyond the then current building regs?  Not count for anything?

Nope.

My house for example was built and marketed as a high efficincy house with insulated floors, wall insulation which meets the latest specs etc......and none of it can be taken into account because it is above and beyond the building regs as of 1994!

[Andy B]

Not a complete waste of time if you want to re-evaluate council tax bands ........ Sorry being cynical again!

Now I know that the Daily Mail does tend to bblow things all out of propartion but i think they're probably right.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039740/Could-filling-HIP-council-tax.html

[Debs.]

Not a complete waste of time if you want to re-evaluate council tax bands ........ Sorry being cynical again!

Now I know that the Daily Mail does tend to bblow things all out of propartion but i think they're probably right.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039740/Could-filling-HIP-council-tax.html

What, 'Das Mail'; surely not!

[mantahatch]

Friend of mine who is selling his deceased parents house has refused to have one done.
He says when he gets a confirmed offer as is about sign on the dotted line then he will get it done, as apparently they don't last very long !!

Mike

Its illegal to market a house without one....even a sign in the window counts as marketing.

They are valid for upto 1 year and as long as the property is marketed.

Can only tell you what he told me. Also if only valid for 1 year, that is not much with some houses round my way having been on the market for 3 years plus without any signs of selling.

Mike

[Marks DTM Calib]

Friend of mine who is selling his deceased parents house has refused to have one done.
He says when he gets a confirmed offer as is about sign on the dotted line then he will get it done, as apparently they don't last very long !!

Mike

Its illegal to market a house without one....even a sign in the window counts as marketing.

They are valid for upto 1 year and as long as the property is marketed.

Can only tell you what he told me. Also if only valid for 1 year, that is not much with some houses round my way having been on the market for 3 years plus without any signs of selling.

Mike

There over priced then.....if they have been continuously marketed then they dont need HIPs as they fall before the HIP requirement date.

[mantahatch]

Friend of mine who is selling his deceased parents house has refused to have one done.
He says when he gets a confirmed offer as is about sign on the dotted line then he will get it done, as apparently they don't last very long !!

Mike

Its illegal to market a house without one....even a sign in the window counts as marketing.

They are valid for upto 1 year and as long as the property is marketed.

Can only tell you what he told me. Also if only valid for 1 year, that is not much with some houses round my way having been on the market for 3 years plus without any signs of selling.

Mike

There over priced then.....if they have been continuously marketed then they dont need HIPs as they fall before the HIP requirement date.

I would suggest they are well overpriced, thing is up to 3 years ago they where selling for these ridiculous prices.
I live in a small close in a row of 3 identical bungalows. in 1997 I paid £80,000 for mine, today my neighbours house is on the market for £374,950   All he has done to it is small rear extension. No wonder he can't sell it eh.
If he halved the price I would say that would be more realistic.

Mike

[Chally]

When I bought my house of my parents I was told that the wall ties in the back of the property needed doing everything else was okay, strange thing is though when my parents had a survey done they were told the front of the property needed doing. So to my reckoning the house has mysteriously shifted during the night and corrected the problem and whilst doing that had also pulled all the other houses in the row level to componsate  :-? Like its been said its just a bit of paper to make a bit extra money  

[HolyCount]

Not a complete waste of time if you want to re-evaluate council tax bands ........ Sorry being cynical again!

Now I know that the Daily Mail does tend to bblow things all out of propartion but i think they're probably right.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039740/Could-filling-HIP-council-tax.html

HIPs are a total waste of time and money --- and that report in the Mail is total b*ll*cks!

Current council tax legislation ( brought in by Maggie -- not Gordon) is such that improvments to the dwelling cannot be taken into account for council tax banding until such time as the property is sold. Any improovements listed on a HIPs form would already be known to the relevant departments because they will have had either planning or Building regs intervention at some point. Those small inprovements that fall below the scope of planning or Building regs will probably not have that much of an effect on the property value anyway.

'Tis all there on the Valuation Office website

[Taxi_Driver]

Just had the guy round to do the environmental assesment on the house for the HIP.

What a right load of government 'dangle berries'!

1) They dont actually make any calculations against your house, they cant consider cavity wall insulation or floor insulation etc as the software just works off the building regs at the time of construction!

2) The searches carried out are useless, only the water search is of any use legally, the rest all have to be re-done by the solicitor.

Whats more is nobody looks at the bloody reports anyway!

So, 300 quid for absolutley bloody nothing!

Not quite.......in about a weeks time, you will get a nice brochure with an energy rating bar chart (like the ones on electrical equipment) that looks quite pretty.

And its a fascinating 5 minute read  

Well worth it imo   .......................












I paid £300 a few months back, so know what a waste it really is and according to my agent he's never had a buyer ask to look at one