Legal HIPs

Home Information Packs

Home Information Packs (HIPs) were introduced in July 2007. Since 14 December 2007, all residential properties marketed for sale in England and Wales are required to have a HIP, which includes documents such as the local search, Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and evidence of title.

HIPs, for the first time, put the responsibility of collating information about a property on the seller rather than the purchaser, and aim to help reduce the number of transactions that fall through between offer and exchange by trying to ensure buyers are well informed from the outset.

Legal HIPs Service

Legal HIPs enables you, the conveyancer, to create and provide HIPs for your clients. Our online service allows you to start a pack, instruct a Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) and request searches in minutes.

Legal HIPs is about ensuring that you continue to benefit from your relationships with your referrers by being able to bypass 3rd party HIP providers who may send the legal work elsewhere.

By producing the HIP for yourself, you can make sure the property gets marketed as soon as possible, and that you get the ongoing instruction for the sale of the property.