Comments on: You Now NEED A HIP To Market A Property

By: billy bob

billy bob — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:47:30 +0000

we did use fridays to conveyance our sale and provide hip.

our experience is that the hip was very good (sub-contracted to a provider) but the conveyancing communication was appalling. They cost us money because of this and they despite repeated requests would not send an invoice for what had been charged.

In the end they charged approx £250 for an aborted sale and basically doubled what they had quoted.

Be very careful with this lot.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:10:44 +0000

Thanks for that Harry. Haven’t sold yet, rubbish time of year I guess, but glad Fridays did a good job :-)

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:31:37 +0000

Hi Jayne

I completed on the sale of my property through Fridays yesterday. They were not the cheapest but they came highly recommended by my brother-in-law. I would use them again. The refund on the HIP proved to be a good saving ( although you have to sell your property to get the benefit of this )

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:47:43 +0000

Hi. I have just ordered my HIP from Fridays and they will refund the cost of it if I use them for conveyancing. They seemed very helpful but has anyone used their lawyers for the legal stuff? Are they any good? I would like to hear from anyone who has used them, both good and bad feedback please. Thanks

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:17:53 +0000

hi Lorraine

Thanks for the TIP. I just ordered my hip from Fridays. No free HIP offer anymore but the were by far the most cost effective. I paid £165 for my HIP i live in london most of the other people I tried quoted a low price and then changed their minds when they found out I lived in a more expensive council area. My agent recieved all he needed to market the property within three days and the energy assesor chappy visited my home in the evening glad i stumbled upon this thread.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:35:34 +0000

Just to clarify, I am a HIP provider there seems to be a lot of confusion being published by people who don’t really know what they are talking about when it comes to HIP’s and marketing your property. Or you have the solicitors who try and scare the clients into thinking that using them is the cheapest and best way to go. You don’t have to have your HIP complete to market your property. You have to have certain document in place your searches ordered you are then ready to go and market your property. I can turn this around in less than 12 hrs so as you can see these people don’t know what they are speaking about. Email me if you need more info kbconsulatncy@live.co.uk. I cover the whole of the UK

By: Malcom Jones

Malcom Jones — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:01:26 +0000

Hi Lorraine
Just checked this and Fridays Property Lawyers are running the Free HIP deal till 14th December. The lawyer told me that it may be available next year depending on a number of decisions the government are yet to make. Was gonna put my flat on the market in Jan, but to save a few hundred quid am gonna do it now.
Thanks for the steer

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:49:58 +0000

I saw your post Lorraine and thought as it was a year old the deal at Fridays Property Lawyers would be over (if it was legitimate). Am trying to sell my house so contacted Fridays on the off chance and they are still offering this deal. You can choose a stand alone HIP if you prefer which was £20 less than the next cheapest I could find. I went for that and apparently they wil refund it if i go for the conveyancing if i find a buyer. (fat chance of that happening at the moment)

By: graham1st

graham1st — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:27:52 +0000

Home Information Pack is the one of the important document. if you have hip pack and if you don’t have virtual tool, floor plan etc.

By: The Landlord

The Landlord — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:22:43 +0000

Hey Lorraine,

Many thanks for the tip. However, it seems kinda odd that a conveyancing company would cover the costs. Are their conveyancing services competatively priced?

It would be interesting to see if fridays property lawyers work out cheaper than using an alternative conveyancing firm, and using an external HIP company.

Kind regards