Selling a property
The first and most important stage is to make sure your property is fit for sale. First impressions are vitally important and although you may be accustomed to small issues around your home; either poor workmanship or every nook and cranny filled with clutter, the prospective buyer will notice these the moment they walk through the door.
It might be advisable to hire a painter and decorator to finish off those jobs that haven’t been completed or perhaps achieve those clean lines by sending some of your possessions into temporary storage. You want to promote not only the property itself but the lifestyle that can be enjoyed while living in your home and with a little investment it could mean that you achieve the price that you are after.
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Guide to H.I.P.S
From the 10th September 2007 the Home Information Pack (HIP) is required for the sale of three bedroom properties and larger. It is also intended for smaller properties as soon as sufficient energy assessors are fully qualified. The Government introduced HIPs to make buying and selling clearer and more straightforward, as well as to encourage homes to be more energy efficient.
You can get a Homeowner Information Pack (HIP) produced from numerous places including solicitors, financial advisers, mortgage advisers, estate agencies and specialist pack providers.
The Homeowner Information Pack is intended to speed up the property sale process, by having all the local searches completed upfront by the seller, rather than at the existing conveyancing stage by the buyer this stopping some sales falling through later on when costs have already been incurred in surveys and legal fees etc.
Potential buyers will have all the information they need about their prospective new home and will be made aware from the outset of any problems or faults with the property. The HIP also includes an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) that states how energy efficient the property is.
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