Hips on three bedroom properties from 10th September

The government has today confirmed that all properties three bedroom and over will need a hips pack, with effect from the 10th September.

Following the introduction of the packs for homes with four bedrooms and above on August 1, the Government has today confirmed there will be enough energy assessors, nationally and regionally, to roll out to three bedroom homes next month.

A further announcement on rolling out HIPs and EPCs to other properties is expected to be made shortly.

Communities minister Baroness Andrews says: “We are now ready to start rolling out HIPs and EPCs to the next part of the market as promised, and improve a home buying and selling process which currently is not working for consumers or the environment.”

“HIPs and EPCs can help families to save hundreds of pounds off their fuel bills, and cut a million tonnes of carbon a year. They also have the potential to reduce the millions of pounds wasted by consumers when buying and selling a home, by increasing transparency and competition in a process that hasn’t changed for a generation."