The Home Condition Report, Home Inspectors and the Home Information Pack

Is The Home Condition Report (HCR) Compulsory

When the scheme is implemented, there will be no mandatory requirement to include a Home Condition Report (HCR) within the Home Information Pack.

However, in September 2006 Yvette Cooper pledged £4 million of funding to support six area trials for the HIP (Home Information Pack) in Bath, Newcastle, Southampton, Northampton, Huddersfield and Cambridge commencing in November 2006. The trials are taking place in partnership with the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) and aim to help test both the packs and full Home Condition Reports. This is clear evidence of the Government's commitment to providing £4 million of "pump-priming" money to support the HIP trials in the six areas up and down the country.

Full packs will be produced as part of this trial activity, including Home Condition Reports (HCRs). This is a very significant development and demonstrates their ongoing support for introducing the Home Condition Report (HCR) on a market-led basis. Home Inspectors.co.uk as an early adopter organisation fully supports and will assist in the voluntary dry-run activity including the AHIPP pilot.

The Home Condition Report is the only part of a Home Information Pack not currently supplied during the existing home buying and selling process.