As a buyer what does a HIP mean to me?

As a buyer what does a HIP mean to me?

Mike Ockenden (Director General) gives expert video advice on: As a buyer what does a HIP mean to me?; As a seller what does a HIP mean to me?; What are the benefits of the home information pack? and more...

As a buyer, what a HIP means to you is confidence in knowing beforehand what you pay for. The way I put it is this: we often buy houses with our hearts, up front. The first thing we do is we see a property; in my case it's my wife who sees a property, and she falls in love with it and then we go through the process of getting all the information, which is the stuff that the head needs in order for the transaction to go through. If you got the Home Information Pack at the beginning of the transaction then you can kick in the head at the same time as the heart and make a more balanced offer on a property.