Firstly it is important to understand that the price of a home information pack can vary from area to area as the cost depends on what the local councils charge for their documents which include, water and drainage searches, local authority searches and search of the local land charges register.

Home Information Packs are best bought as a package with either conveyancing or estate agency commission. Most London solicitors that specialise in conveyancing now provide home information packs and they also provide it as a package deal. The London Solicitor may sell you the home information pack at a discount if you agree to purchase their conveyancing services. There are some firms that will throw in the Hip for free if you use their conveyancing services. However you need to work out the totals and also ensure that all possible additional fees are mentioned in the quote. A free HIP may look nice on the surface but you need to check that they have not inflated their conveyancing price to cover this.

However, you also need to make sure whoever does the home information pack, does it quickly and without too much disturbances to you. Remember that you will need as part of the HIP an energy performance certificate and for this an inspector will need to visit your property. You may find a HIP provider is ?50 cheaper but you may have taken time off work to let the EPC inspector in only to find he never turns up. Now you have lost money and because there are so many poor quality EPC inspectors in the market you may never again hear from them. You will generally find London Solicitors using high quality EPC inspectors albeit they maybe a little bit more expensive. Also you do not want a shoddy inspector classifying your property as poor energy performance.

In conclusion, shop around for a reasonable price for your home information pack but remember to be realistic with your pricing so that you get a good quality service.