hausdok Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 In 2008 a law was passed in Great Britain requiring sellers of homes to provide a Home Information Pack (HIP) for buyers to review. The law spawned thousands of new "Home Inspectors" that were stongly opposed by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Then the bottom fell out of the economy and many of those new inspectors ended up bankrupt or worse. Anyway, I thought you guys might like to see what a home inspection report looks like in Britain. Click on this link. It will take you to a real estate listing in Great Britain. Once there, scroll down to "Property Info" and click on the blue link entitled HIP. That will open up the inspection report for this home. Enjoy. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I liked the clear language in the Terms and Conditions section leading up to the gist of the survey but the gist itself turned out to be minuscule. A lot of hoopla over nothing. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Marc, how can you say that? The bathroom was reported as "dull". Now that is important!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I dozed off somewhere in the middle of the terms and conditions. What a nice listing though. So much better than the drivel we have here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejager Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 A local woman who is selling her old home in Britain says that it had become a ridiculous joke as sellers would find a 'soft' inspector, buyers would ignore the information inthe HIP and hire their own inspector anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Almost looks like an US appraiser did it like filling out a VC-1 here in the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yea, I thought the content was more of a property description than an inspection to identify material defects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 "Foul drainage is to septic tank, external drainage is to soakaways." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Black water - Gray water, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yea I understood Erby - I just got a kick out of the words they used to describe it. I've never heard the term "soakaways" but I understand what it is - I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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