HIPs may be delayed until Autumn 2007

25th May 2007

The reaction to the governments about turn on HIPs this week has led to yet more confusion with some industry bodies claiming the regime cannot commence until September or October 2007 at the earliest.

Following the announcement on the 23rd May 2007 there is further confusion about when the Home Information Pack regime will actually commence.

The government are adamant this will be around the 1st August but according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) this will not be possible due to the extended consultation period which will last at least 3 months from the date of the governments announcement.

In other words there is no guarantee whatsoever that the government will be going ahead with the radical changes on the 1st August as they have stated this week. It seems that yet again they have got this badly wrong.

There was even more controversy this week when it emerged that different statistics had been provided in statements from the two main ministers in charge of the packs. Ruth Kelly advised Parliament that around 1000 domestic energy inspectors would be ready for the roll out in August. Yvette Cooper  on the other hand suggested the figure would be more like 500. So in addition to the embarrassment there are no charges that the government has misled Parliament.

It couldnt get much worse for them...... could it?

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