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About My-HIP-Plus

Save thousands in agent's commission and read here why Which Magazine warns of the dangers of Estate Agents 'free' HIPs!

See* below

Your house sale will usually cost between £4500 and £10,000**in commission and advertising if you sell through an agent. With us? From nil upfront payment, if you choose to defer it, or just £259 by card or cheque and you are already potentially in front of 400,000 house hunters this week before most agents will even have been round to measure up!

Your HIP will belong to you and if you do want to appoint an agent as well you can use it in negotiating the best deal.

Don’t pay twice over for your HIP! Be wary of estate agents who offer ‘free’ HIPs where the small print will prevent you from using the report if you decide to move agents and will definitely be charged usually at a much higher price (up to £529 according to Which Magazine) when you withdraw your property as agents make a hefty commission on every HIP they sell. Then, if you change agents you will have to have another pack at a further inflated price.

*The Consumers Association's Which Magazine alerted home buyers to this trap and recommended ordering a HIP yourself online  - "You can find a provider online..." "If estate agents quote a Hip as free or included in the commission price, check what that means. They may want you to pay if you switch agent or if you remove the property from the market"

('Hips Not So Rosy' - Which, April 2008 Page 21 'What to consider when getting a Hip').

(**Based on typical estate agent's commission, advertising charges and VAT on houses at £180,000 and £450,000)

My-HIP-Plus belongs to You -It's Personal & Portable

When you order your HIP from My-HIP-Plus it will be automatically logged with the providers for all the required information. Confirmation that your statutory searches and energy performance certificate have been put in hand will be emailed to you, plus your solicitor and estate agents if you wish. Your mobile phone can even  be texted! Your pack’s progress can be tracked at any time of day or night through our industry leading high-tech site and can be downloaded as soon as it’s ready. Email it on to enquirers or print copies as you need them. We can, for an extra charge print off a professionally bound copy and mail it to you.

The My-HIP-Plus service is provided exclusively by My-HIP-Plus Associates, a network of registered Property Search Agents and Domestic Energy Assessors who are fully accredited under the HIPS Regulations to produce Home Information Packs for any locality in England and Wales. My-HIP-Plus is the trade mark of Highgrove Property Search Agency a member of Property Search Network and the Association of Independent Property Search Agents.