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30 April 2007 08:46

Hi,
I thought you might want another opinion to counter the one below from Splinta
Simon.

AHIPP says Tory attempts ” feeble and desperate”

The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has called the Conservatives opposition to Home Information Packs (HIPs) as 'feeble and desperate'

Mike Ockenden, director-general for AHIPP, questioning their motivation: “This self-confessed ‘last-ditch’ attempt to block the introduction of Home Information Packs (HIPs), spearheaded by Shadow Housing Minister Michael Gove is political propaganda representing anti-democratic behaviour: the public voted for our current Government and when doing so, they voted for HIPs.

“It is very disappointing to see the Tory party follow a stance which is clearly not in the interest of the environment, the consumer nor the entrepreneur in the UK and I would seriously question their motives.

“The introduction of HIPs will greatly reduce the carbon emissions of the existing housing stock and will help to improve what is currently one of the most fraught and stressful house buying and selling processes in Europe for consumers.

“The opposition is clearly jumping on the coat tails of those industry bodies who have called for a delay – a delay that is not in the best interests of the consumer. In fact, this appears to be simply opposition for opposition’s sake, unless of-course it is driven by some other motive.

“There is no doubt, the HIP industry is ready. There will be enough qualified energy assessors and as of the 1st June consumers opting to place their property on the market will be able to experience a smoother, more efficient more informative and less stressful process.”

Richard Richmond, Managing Director, Hipsco Ltd, Said: “We will be in a position to easily satisfy the needs of our agents for Energy Performance Certificates by the 1st June”

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BOMBSHELL HITS HIPS	26 April 2007 09:12

In case you have missed the press reports, yesterday a Committee of the House of Lords sat to scrutinise the HIP Regulations. (It's the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee by he way). The DCLG had to present itself to answer questions and the mood of the meeting was entirely hostile to HIPs. You'll get the drift from what Committee chairman Lord Filkin said. "We have previously scrutinised hundreds of statutory instruments. I can't think of one when I have seen so many stakeholders so passionately disgruntled and critical." The transcript of the meeting will be published next Tuesday, followed a week later by the Committee Report. If the report is sufficiently critical of HIPs it will open the way for the Conservatives, possibly in concert with the Lib Dems, to submit a motion that would kill the Regulations -and if it were to succeed it would mean the regs have to be redrawn AND THAT WOULD MEAN JUNE 1ST GOES OUT OF THE WINDOW. If you doubt the possibility of this actually happening I would remind you that pretty well the same thing has occurred with 'super casinos'... DAILY TELEGRAPH http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/25/nhip25.xml DAILY MAIL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=450498&in_page_id=1770 Simon
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To all at Isle of Wight Homes	25 April 2007 12:07

Just had a Thankyou card in the post today re a particularly difficult sale/purchase, its always great to be appreciated. “Many thanks for all your hard work and kindness” Mr & Mrs P
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Old Friends	20 April 2007 17:02

I spoke too soon re the blog below – we are very,very busy again. We are now in our eighth year of trading; of the people who contact us & put their home on the market through us, about 85% are through personal recommendation. We always try to offer that little bit extra & we always get a lot of repeat business. It is with great delight that yesterday we took on a property, the owners of which we have sold for twice before & today taken on another home, the owners of which we have sold for three times before – it is like meeting old friends! Simon
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Lull before the storm?	18 April 2007 08:44

With Easter now out of the way, we anticipated a sudden rush of sellers putting their houses on the market way before the May 31^st deadline (as its going to cost them about £600 upfront). This has not happened, agents across the Island report a “lull”. No that we know that HIP’s will be definitely happening we are busy sorting out the best deal’s we can offer to our prospective clients on the 1^st June – there are an awful lot of options, HIP’s companies are falling over themselves to get us on their books. Simon
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A thankyou card	13 April 2007 11:16

Just received a card *Dear Georgina, Simon Pat & Jill,* Thank you ever so much for all the hard work you put in over the selling of my flat. Of everyone who was involved, you were the ones who kept me informed about what was going on. In addition, you gave me help & advice when I required it. Thank you again, S
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