What is optional to put in a HIP?

What is optional to put in a HIP?

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There is a whole stack of optional documents for HIPs, and indeed there's a catch all in the regulations that says you can include anything that's of interest to a potential buyer. I suppose the main document would be a home condition report. We would heartily encourage people to put home condition reports in the Home Information Pack, even though they are voluntary. They will help the sale of the property. Environmental information will come from searches on databases that look at floods, perhaps on contaminated land and land movement, or maybe you're sitting on top of a mine. In terms of research information, why not put into a HIP any warranties or guarantees you have on any parts of your home which would be useful to a buyer? Include any other documents that you would want to put in. We would suggest that sellers fill in the legal forms and put those in the Home Information Pack upfront. You have to do them at some point, so why not do it right at the beginning?