From: "tim....." 
Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y uk.finance
Subject: Re: Experience of compiling HIP (home information pack)?
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:56:26 +0100
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"Mouse"  wrote in message 
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On Oct 6, 11:59 am, "Stickems."  wrote:
> A HIP has a limited life, I think 3 months. I wouldn't pay £600 as there 
> is
> no guarantee the house would sell within that time scale, as will be the
> case, increasingly, as the market slows down. Why not say to the estate
> agent that if he finds a buyer who wants a HIP then he should get one at 
> his
> expense.
>

Sorry, that wouldn't work.  If your property has 3 bedrooms or more
(and is in England & Wales, etc) you can't put the property on the
market without either actually having a HIP (or in certain
circumstances having requested one).

See http://www.homeinformationpacks.gov.uk/consumer/.

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to be precise you can, if you wish to take a chance
on getting caught.

tim