Many different organisations offer to prepare HIPs and the cost and speed of production varies. Many packs are prepared by large corporate organisations who offer an impersonal service and use centralised legal and home inspector organisations - probably based in a city many miles from where you live, possibly even abroad. Independent estate agents tempted to use these pack providers will find that the valuable links which they have built up with local conveyancers and home inspector and domestic energy assessor will vanish as will the sale instructions which they receive from these contacts.
There is another way - the Surehome way.
- Convenient - Surehome takes the burden of assembling the pack from the estate agent.
- Flexible - Surehome offers your clients a choice of payment methods.
- Competitive - Surehome ensures that the independent estate agent is competitive with the corporates and other large organisations.
- Local - Surehome will use local home inspectors and domestic energy assessors and solicitors/conveyancers to assemble the HIP - people you have known and worked with for years.
- Responsive - Surehome requires the professionals to sign a service agreement making them responsible for providing a HIP on time and at competitive rates.
Supporting the independent sector
We set up Surehome expressly to serve the needs of local independents. Our aim is to ensure local independent estate agents, home inspector and domestic energy assessor and solicitors survive and prosper. By working together, Surehome offers the ideal local solution to a national problem. By coordinating our resources, we all benefit from economies of scale. This brings down the basic cost of the HIP and ensures that participating estate agents can offer a competitive service.
A familiar local team
Because we recruit and use local professionals, estate agents will be working with people they have known for many years and who understand what they require. These professionals will be readily contactable.
Convenient ordering and delivery
When estate agents receive instructions, they can either contact us via this website , fax or phone. The completed HIPs are delivered to the estate agent electronically.
Competitive finance arrangements
Appropriate financial arrangements mean that the independent estate agent will remain competitive. We offer sellers an affordable finance arrangement, which mean that agents will not have to increase their usual commission rate to pay for the HIP. This is an effective way of funding HIPs.
Using your own team
If you have a multidiscipline structure, perhaps with your own Home Inspectors, Domestic Energy Assessors or Conveyancers, you can still use Surehome to prepare your hip. Talk to us about the savings we can make for you.
Join Surehome
If you like the sound of the Surehome scheme, contact us now. It's free to join and we encourage you to bring in local professionals and firms who you want to continue to work with. The Surehome scheme works equally well whether you are a sole trader or a large multidisciplinary practice.
Find out more about the benefits of Surehome for your profession.