HIP Regulation changes April 6th 2009 |
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7Side's assurance to you! |
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As leading providers of HIPS and with almost 30 years experience as Search providers, 7side are wholly committed to ensuring that the imminent changes are as seamless as possible.
The 7side Assurance
First day marketing. Transitional provisions for first day marketing will come to an end and properties will no longer be able to be marketed until a basic HIP is available without the inclusion of the local searches, which must be included within 28days.
Our Assurance to you: We will continue to provide a fast, professional service to you without compromise of quality. It is anticipated that turnaround times will remain as they have in the past but we will ensure that you are notified of any delays.
Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ). This is a new element of the Pack and must be completed by the Legal Owner of the property and included in the pack before commencement of marketing.
Our Assurance to you: As soon as a request is made for a Home Information Pack the PIQ will be emailed or posted to the Legal Owner in order to enable them to complete and return it to us without delay.
Transitional provisions relating to the use of insurance in searches will cease. Insurance will still be required for professional indemnity and run off cover, but cover against claims for missing data in searches provided in HIPS will no longer be allowed. Local Authorities will be obliged to provide all relevant data to personal search providers which will enable us to produce personal searches which contain full CON29 data.
Our Assurance to you: Our highly trained and experienced team of researchers combined with our solid working relationship with all Local Authorities and Trading Standards enables us to ensure that we obtain all data with the minimum of disruption to clients.
Charging Structures. There is every possibility Local Authorities will increase their fees for obtaining search information.
Our Assurance to you: . Our research has highlighted that the majority of Local Authorities have not yet decided how they are going to charge for any additional information that may be required. We assure you that we are working to keep any imposed increases to a minimum.
In light of the imminent changes we have reviewed the contents and prices of our packs, which will remain in place until 6th April, 2009. It will no longer be possible to offer “refreshed searches” in our Premier pack.
Our HIP Solutions are as follows:
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