Can I add the cost of a HIP to the cost of my home?

Can I add the cost of a HIP to the cost of my home?

Mike Ockenden (Director General) gives expert video advice on: Will the cost of a pack vary according to the age of my home?; What if I can't afford to pay for a Hip?; What happens if I don't provide a HIP? and more...

There's been quite a lot of talk about people adding costs of HIPs to the cost of their home. I think it's really not a very sensible thing to do. Your house is worth what your house is worth. All houses will have Home Information Packs, and the rather strange suggestion by some politicians, that it'll raise the cost of houses up and down the country, is bizarre, in my estimation. Our stamp duty goes up all the time, according to house-price inflation, but stamp duty doesn't determine how much houses are worth.