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Cyberman, post your thread over on HPC you'll get a much more sympathetic response.
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Originally posted by expat View PostThere is. You can DIY (search DIY HIP), the only part that you can't do yourself and didn't need before HIPs is the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) which you can get for a milder rip-off, £55 or so.
<smiley face with silly grin...me eejit/>Last edited by max; 6 April 2009, 22:17.
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Originally posted by swamp View PostThere should be a market for budget HIPs, a Ryan Air of Home Information Packs, cheapest of everything. Written by Albanian temps and printed on paper that makes school loo roll look quality.
I feel a plan b coming on...!
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There should be a market for budget HIPs, a Ryan Air of Home Information Packs, cheapest of everything. Written by Albanian temps and printed on paper that makes school loo roll look quality.
I feel a plan b coming on...!
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostHIPS cost up to 1K including VAT
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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostYour assuming that 20% of the houses on the market today are in need of HiPS as like yours they've been on the market for 2 years
No.... most of those have already been removed from the market and will not return until HIPS are abolished and the market picks up.
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostBefore HIPS came in Estate Agents were saying that this would remove 20% of houses from the market due to the fact that many people like myself market a house not necessarily expecting a sale, but just in case some fool comes along with pots of money to spend.
If 20% of houses are removed from the market that does create a shortage and will certainly not push prices down. The bottom line though is that all this red tape is hurting the market and also Gordon's tax-take, but he is either too stubborn or thick to realise this.
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostHIPS cost up to 1K including VAT
Why do you care..just up the asking price.... as you said:
Originally posted by Cyberman View Postbut just in case some fool comes along with pots of money to spend.
<some stupid smilely />
Oh...it looks like I can't do that
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Originally posted by max View PostHow much does a HIPS cost? How much are you asking for your house?
Any extra cost of selling a house and inconvenience of extra red tape will adversely affect the market. Only a stupid Labour HMG would believe otherwise.
HIPS cost up to 1K including VAT, and are regarded by most parties to a house sale as a complete waste of time and effort. So what is the point of them apart from being yet another stealth tax by discredited socialist MPs that don't even have the honesty to pay taxes themselves !!
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostBefore HIPS came in Estate Agents were saying that this would remove 20% of houses from the market due to the fact that many people like myself market a house not necessarily expecting a sale, but just in case some fool comes along with pots of money to spend.
If 20% of houses are removed from the market that does create a shortage and will certainly not push prices down. The bottom line though is that all this red tape is hurting the market and also Gordon's tax-take, but he is either too stubborn or thick to realise this.
If 20% of houses are priced way above market, "removing them from the market" does not create a shortage. The market is the buying and selling, and those overpriced houses were not taking part in that.
Even if by "the market" you mean all those houses advertised for sale, then removing the top overpriced 20% will actually bring average prices down.
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostBefore HIPS came in Estate Agents were saying that this would remove 20% of houses from the market due to the fact that many people like myself market a house not necessarily expecting a sale, but just in case some fool comes along with pots of money to spend.
If 20% of houses are removed from the market that does create a shortage and will certainly not push prices down. The bottom line though is that all this red tape is hurting the market and also Gordon's tax-take, but he is either too stubborn or thick to realise this.
Nah, stupid idea. They're not smart enough to be that devious.
In any case, we all know exactly why they have insisted, with lunatic obstinacy, on keeping HIPS - The EU says they must, for the energy certificate, and what the EU ordains this government obeys, like a trained poodle eagerly jumping through hoops!
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