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Full steam ahead with packs says AHIPP
- Published 09/27/2007
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It's been two weeks since Home information packs (Hips) were extended to include three-bed homes, and the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has seen enough to lead to it to call for a full-scale rollout of the packs.AHIPP says that enough Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) are now in place to oversee the Energy Performance Certificates required as part of the packs, and adds that the current situation is 'unfair'.
First-time buyers and those looking to downgrade are two groups suffering as a result of the half-complete implementation, the association has said.
"For Hips to do their job properly they need to be rolled out to all properties up and down chains of transactions," announced AHIPP director general Mike Ockenden.
"Not only will this speed up buying and selling for all consumers, but it is fair for all.
"Presently anyone selling a home with three or more bedrooms and buying a one or two bedroom home is penalised by having to pay for the information in a Hip on the sale and also on the purchase," Mr Ockenden added.
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Comment #1 (Posted by Brendan Green)
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another completely innacurate and blind statement by Mr Ockenden. as he mentions the word fair why doesnt he live by his own rules and tell the public how fair it is to steal blueprints on the tax paying publics houses and hand them to the government so they can raise council tax again on an individual basis. Mr Ockenden deserves to be thrown on the scrap heap alongside his friends in the government who have for purely clandestine reasons helped stall a perfectly healthy property market. Mr Ockenden needs to seriously keep his mouth shut untill he knows what he is talking about and no one will untill we see the impact that these pointless and ill conceived packs have had on the market. early indications are very negative as stocks are dwindling so Mr Ockenden needs to explain why no one can buy a house they want soon instead of trying to proptect these morons who trianed to be DEAs with promises of massive salaries. i hope they earn nothing, i hope Ockenden/Cooper gat sacked and i hope this has the same impact on Mr Brown as the poll tax had on Mrs Thatcher.