Reply to: HIPs

[Cyberman]

Oh Christ I must be a time traveller

I thought that 2003 was 6 years ago, now I discover it's still to come

I'll have to get divorced all over again (perhaps I should just poison her this time?)

NURSE!!

s/b June 3rd 2010..... unfortunately my laptop keyboard does strange things occasionally.

[BrowneIssue]

I'll have to get divorced all over again (perhaps I should just poison her this time?)

You did and got life. That's why you went back and divorced her instead last time.

[Platypus]

If you wait until June 2003, HIPS will be abolished

Oh Christ I must be a time traveller

I thought that 2003 was 6 years ago, now I discover it's still to come

I'll have to get divorced all over again (perhaps I should just poison her this time?)

NURSE!!

[Cyberman]

I'm pretty sure that's illegal

Laws are made to be broken. Just look at the Home Secretary, Jackie Smith.

[Moscow Mule]

I'm going to be putting my own flat on the market soon, and the HIP is the last thing I need to deal with. I'm going to look for an agent who will market my property without one.

I'm pretty sure that's illegal

[MPwannadecentincome]

nobody reads the HIP anyway, all it might be good for is the energy rating logo on the agent's sheet for your property.

Either ask the agent for a next to nothing HIP or get the cheapest possible - from someone qualified to do it.

[Cyberman]

none of them are

HIPs are simply a stealth tax on selling houses. Vendors don't want them, buyers don't want them, and estate agents view them as a pain in the neck.

It seems at last that some others are at last coming round to the idea that most HMG initiatives have a stealth tax element involved.

[swamp]

I'm going to be putting my own flat on the market soon, and the HIP is the last thing I need to deal with. I'm going to look for an agent who will market my property without one.

[PM-Junkie]

I had an estate agent come round with a view to putting my flat up for sale and he said I needed a HIP before he could start to market it. They offer one for £400 and he says there are cheaper ones available, but some of them may not be worth the paper they are written on. I haven't clued myself up on HIPs yet, but there do indeed appear to be much cheaper ones available, e.g. on-line. Any comments?

none of them are

HIPs are simply a stealth tax on selling houses. Vendors don't want them, buyers don't want them, and estate agents view them as a pain in the neck.

[Cyberman]

Many agents used to start marketing a property before a HIP was in existence, and not many buyers ask to see a HIP anyway. Try another agent, and also get the agent to pay for it, as a previous poster stated. If you wait until June 2003, HIPS will be abolished anyway, and that should be a nice positive boost to the market.

[EternalOptimist]

Chap I worked with many many moons ago set up in business supplying HIPS.

Just in time for the market to go through the floor...

Oooops.

Did he have to pay for training and set up ?

[Bagpuss]

They said with Elvis it was all in the HIPS.

[Bagpuss]

I had an estate agent come round with a view to putting my flat up for sale and he said I needed a HIP before he could start to market it. They offer one for £400 and he says there are cheaper ones available, but some of them may not be worth the paper they are written on. I haven't clued myself up on HIPs yet, but there do indeed appear to be much cheaper ones available, e.g. on-line. Any comments?

Go Online, he's obviously on a kick back

[expat]

I had an estate agent come round with a view to putting my flat up for sale and he said I needed a HIP before he could start to market it. They offer one for £400 and he says there are cheaper ones available, but some of them may not be worth the paper they are written on. I haven't clued myself up on HIPs yet, but there do indeed appear to be much cheaper ones available, e.g. on-line. Any comments?

Definition of "worth" of a HIP?

[sasguru]

Tell the estate agent to pay for the HIPS or you'll get another agent.
In the current climate, they will jump at the offer.
Job done.