Right Choice HIP's

Official copies of:

Individual register

Property register

Proprietorship register

Charges register

Title Plan

Official search of the index map, and Either:

Good root of Title

Abstract of Title

An Index

An Energy Performance Certificate

Example of Energy Performance Certificate (click to enlarge)

A Sale Statement

Evidence of Title

To be no older than 3 months at first point of marketing

Search of Local Authority Land Charges Register

Local Authority enquiries

Drainage & Water Search

Commonhold information (including a copy of the commonhold community statement)

For leasehold properties

Copy of the lease

Service charge information / accounts

Insurance

Some documents in the Home Information Pack are optional. These include:

Home Condition Report

Legal summary

Home use/contents forms

Other documents

The pack contains a number of docuemts:

Compulsory "Required" Documents - such as for example, the evidence of title that proves it's yours to sell.

Optional Doucments "Authorised" - such as the Home Condition Report which gives buyers a clear idea of what work, if any, needs to be done to the property.

Information about the pack documents, their source and redress procedures

Additional documents for leasehold and commonhold property interests

Evidence of repair work subsequent to a Home Condition Report

Guarantees and warranties relating to the design, building or completion of the property

Information about the design or standards to which the property has been or is being built

Other searches (the searches that will be relevant here will be location specific, for examples for areas where coal mining has taken place, a mining search would be appropraite and for areas subject to flooding , a flood risk search would be useful.

Many buyers now also routinely commission an environmental search no matter where they live.