The purchase of your home is a major investment which you need to make
an informed decision about. That is exactly what the Home Condition
Survey allows you to do.
The Home Condition Report is one of the “authorised documents” within the HIP. These are documents that can be included but are not mandatory. This report provides unbiased consumer based information about the property and its condition and must be relied on by the seller, the buyer and the mortgage lender.
Since 1st October 2008 a landlord has needed to provide an Energy Performance Certificate whenever a home in the social or private sector is let to a new tenant.