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HIP NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE, SAYS CONSUMER

Written by Editor at freshvista.co.uk
Friday, 28 March 2008
A HIP was delivered with 20+ blank glossy pages out of 62, an unrecycleable plastic cover, the word "assumed" in two crucial areas of measurement, two fundamental inaccuracies and the assessor had to drive more than 250 miles to view the property. The property owner wants to know what this does to protect the environment, as the minister claims? He has documented the full story at FreshVista.co.uk Mike Goodman received a HIP. Here are a few notes on its environmental imapact: 62 glossy pages of which: 20 were 1 side with a title and the same set of pictures, or the estate agent's promotional images and details only and the other side blank; 2 plastic sheets as front and back covers, with no indication of polymer type rendering recycling at best difficult. The most probable place it will end up is landfill. A spiral binder which had plastic covering over the metal. The auther of the Energy Performance Certificate must have driven at least 257.32 miles to have inspected the property. This is the estimate made by respected online mapping authority multimap.com for the shortest distance between the postcode of the Assessor, NN16 8AP and the house in question, LS27 0ED and back. Plus a few notes on its use as an energy-saving guide of some kind: The assessor has guessed whether there is cavity wall or floor insulation, stated there is no energy efficient lighting, and stated the energy efficiency rating could only be lifted by 2% and the environmental impact rating by just 1% even on his flawed calculation. In fact, a good proportion of the house had energy efficient lighting fitted when the assessor made the inspection and there were sufficient energy efficient light bulbs on the premises and visible to fit the whole house. The house is built of traditional red brick, not sandstone, with less than half of the front elevation and none of the back rendered. Perhaps the long drive tired the assessor out and he mixed the records of two different properties? So how was the conclusion regarding insulation reached? Can any part of the document be relied upon by a purchaser? There was a whole programme of Radio 4's You and Yours devoted to HIPs last week. Not one of the contributors was a consumer. Not one of them, even its detractors, came near to examining its real drawbacks. Further information: See http://www.freshvista.co.uk with article or from the author, Mike Goodman, landline 01924 443335; mobile 07743 825093; email by reply; sorry, no fax facility. Bookmark with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon What are these?

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