Today has seen a development in the outgoing Property Professionals administration process; Stroma have been chosen as the training provider to continue exisiting candidates’ training.
Property Professionals – Stroma chosen by administrators HJS Recovery
April 13th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, News 9 Comments »
Grant Shapps responds to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) policy
March 24th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in EPC, Home Information Packs, Property Market 7 Comments »
After a recent article ‘Grant Shapps to change Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) delivery?‘ where we discussed the changes Grant Shapps and the Conservatives have suggested that they may implement within the EPC regulations, we can publish the response we have received.
Grant Shapps to change Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) delivery?
March 4th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Saving, EPC 16 Comments »
Energy Performance Certificates are required before marketing can commence for both rental and sales of properties within the UK. Anyone who has recently sold their house would have had an EPC carried out as part of the Home Information Pack.
New green strategy to overhaul Britain’s homes
March 2nd, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Saving, Press Releases 6 Comments »
Today the Department of Energy and Climate Change have released the following information on their green strategy.
Paving the way for ‘pay as you save’ green finance to make energy efficiency pay from day one.
- Up to 7 million British households to benefit from eco upgrades by 2020
- Up to 65,000 jobs in the green home industry
- Energy companies and local authorities to join forces to help consumers
- New standards for social and rented accommodation to be proposed
Property Professionals in Administration – Next Steps
February 18th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, EPC, News 36 Comments »
Since the ‘renowned’ training provider Property Professionals went into administration there has been a flurry of people and organisations offering advice, guidance and support.
Interview with Brian Scannell of NHER – part 2
February 10th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, Energy Saving, EPC, Home Information Packs, Interviews 4 Comments »
Brian Scannell of NHER and managing director of National Energy Services (NES) Ltd continues with further thoughts towards our questions in part 2 of the interview.
Q10 Do you support the current HIP legislation and if it was ‘scrapped’ what impact do you envisage it will have on your members?
I certainly support the original aspirations of the HIP – ensuring that reliable information on a property was available at the time of marketing. It is an absolute tragedy that the most directly beneficial component to consumers – the Home Condition Report – was made voluntary and, to all intents and purposes, killed.
Interview with Brian Scannell of NHER – part 1
February 8th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, Energy Saving, EPC, Interviews 7 Comments »
Brian Scannell of NHER and managing director of National Energy Services (NES) Ltd joins us to answer our questions in a two part interview.
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Property Professionals Administration – what should I do?
February 5th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors 50 Comments »
The training provider Property Professionals which was also known as Home Inspector Training (HIT) is understood to have gone into administration yesterday.
CLG assess cheap EPC providers and accreditation schemes
January 11th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, EPC, Property Conveyancing 8 Comments »
The Communities and Local Government (CLG) have sent a ‘shock’ letter to the accreditation schemes who oversee and monitor the quality of the Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs).
Proposal for Reform to the Home Selling & Buying Process
January 5th, 2010 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in EPC, Home Information Packs, Property Conveyancing 3 Comments »
A New and Innovative Proposal for Reform to the Home Selling and Buying Process. The HIP Reform Group, established in November 2009, and now boasting a membership of over 670 supporters, has this week released a ‘white paper’ containing a proposal for reform entitled – ‘New Year, New Start’.
The Federation of Property Information Providers (FPIP) Recruit
December 10th, 2009 HIP-Consultant.co.uk Posted in Energy Assessors, News 4 Comments »
Two new groups / associations have launched this week aimed at specific property professionals namely HIP Providers, Energy Assessors and the infamous Home Inspectors.
They are the The Federation of Property Information Providers (FPIP) and the HIP Reform Group though both are separate entities.