Home Information Packs

Welcome to Mike Ockenden, Chairman of the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) who has kindly agreed to spread a bit of light on how he sees the past and future of all things HIP related. Q 1. - What one area has the Home Information Pack positively changed and which area do wish had [...] Related posts:AHIPP First Day Marketing StatementWill Home Information Packs (HIPs) be ‘scrapped’?HIPS your Birthday  

AHIPP gets with the YouTube generation by producing a video proclaiming the virtues of the Home Information Pack. Meanwhile, solicitor Simon Roberts has his own thoughts on HIPs too.  

John Healey, Housing Minister, last week released the latest numbers of accredited Domestic, and Non-Domestic, Energy Assessors up to and including 10th October 2009. The best bit, though, they are broken down by region - but can we take these numbers seriously?  

The Daily Express have responded to complaints about an article where they discussed the possibility of becoming a property professional including various roles within the energy assessor industry. We recently wrote about the complaints raised, Training as a property professional - energy assessors express outrage. Two professional organisations, the Institute of Domestic Energy Assessors (IDEA) and [...] Related posts:Training as a property...  

Home Information Packs (HIPs) have undoubtedly received some bad press since their introduction which has been mainly initiated by a number of staunch anti-HIP groups. However, over time and with increased understanding and research we have seen these protesters diminish and numbers grow in support of the Home Information Pack. As people witness the benefits [...] Related posts:Home Information Packs receive approval from industry...  

With the conservative’s conference now finished and the focussed rallying of political troops coming to a natural lull we now see further reflection of the speeches and recently published papers. Grant Shapps always provides some interest though feel he often lacks solid reasoning and/or alternatives to areas he dislikes. He is undoubtedly advised on certain areas [...] Related posts:Mike Ockenden (AHIPP) interview - the future of HIPsHome...  

Domestic Energy Assessors are wondering if there will be ever any reporting of their industry that they feel represents ‘real’ life by the main stream journalists after an article in the Daily Express. The Daily Express recently publish an ‘article’ by Ben West titled ‘Assess your options’ with prominent advertising and details of training companies offering [...] Related posts:Considering training as a domestic energy assessor (DEA)?What is...  

Why Estate Agent Today (EAT) sucks and how the topic of Home Information Packs is used to wind-up estate agents, IMO.