Do I need a Pack?

You do not need a Home Information Pack for:

• Properties where there is no marketing (e.g. sale to member of your family)
• Non-residential properties
• Seasonal and holiday accommodation
• Mixed sales (e.g. shop with flat)
• Right to buy and similar sales
• Sales of portfolios of properties
• Properties not being sold with completely vacant possession
• Unsafe properties and properties to be demolished.
• Properties already on the market when the duty to have a Pack arises (1 August for sales of homes with 4 bedrooms or more, and 10 September for sales of homes with 3 bedrooms or more)

For more information on exceptions, see:

Factsheet on sub-divided buildings, portfolios and annexes (PDF - 1MB, 25 Jun 2008) with example scenarios of when these properties may be exempt from needing a HIP

Issue 28 (PDF, 16 Jan 2008) of the HIP newsletter PROGRESS