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Hi Fellow Bloggers,
I have some serious concerns about the way the property Market is going here in the UK and have pasted a portion of my Blog on the For-Sale-by-Owner Website: www.DIYproperty4sale.co.uk

The Government's latest dreaded weapon against "Property Sellers"... what is it? "the Home Information Pack" this is an awesome document pack, that contains everything that can be found wrong (and right) with a Seller's property, and is implemented by a government approved HIP Inspector, who acts like a Mechanic in an MOT garage, who inspects vehicles for the Ministry of Transport, passing some and failing others; this Home Information Pack Inspector will be providing property Buyers with valuable information about the properties they seek to purchase, although there are pros and cons regarding the fairness of any such Government proposal, we as professional Building Consultants flinch at the mayhem it will cause when it comes into force in June 2007. Below is a full schedule of the kind of things covered by the HIP Inspector as he walks around your property.

In a world full of corruption, it is no surprise to know that the construction industry in general is corrupt, and we also know that many Estate Agents, >Take a look at this Startling BBC Transcript on Corrupt Estate Agents< (Including a major London/Surrey Estate Agent recently in the news) Surveyors and Solicitors are likewise corrupt, (or found to act corruptly) with bribes being a normal part of daily business, so who's to say that some HIP Inspectors won't be corrupt also? able to be bribed for financial gain and controlled by Real Estate criminals. So how can there be any safeguard for those selling their homes and properties? This is a hard question to answer, but prevention it is said is better than cure, and for this reason we have our own professional solution, which would most definitely remove any shadow of doubt from within the property Seller's mind, as to whether he/she is being mislead, or even over-scrutinised by a super-keen HIP Inspector. That solution is to enable those who seek to sell property, to book a Pre-HIP Inspector's Property Inspection with one of our Independent HIP Consultants, someone who has no connection with the property Buyer at all, and whose full Pre-HIP report is solely for the Seller's eyes, to improve his/her chances of getting the maximum price for their property, by pre-empting and eliminating the possibility of any HIP Inspector striking a black mark against their home or property, rendering it virtually valueless with one swipe of his pen, because of faults that otherwise could have easily been remedied with the benefit of hindsight, thus being forearmed to deal with most common problems that could possibly arise before the HIP Inspector begins his diligent Government regulated investigation on the the property. Remember also that Government Agencies are not without their faults, with many MP's and Council Officials found lining their pockets from Tax Payers hard earned income, and even worse, allowing crooked and corrupt practices to flourish right under their noses! The question is, will those crooked Government Agents who work alongside corrupt HIP Inspectors and bent Estate Agents suddenly become wealthy property Owners? We certainly think so!

I value the serious Views and Comments from any Property Bloggers out there.

Kind regards
Dan

Greetings to my Fellow Bloggers,
By the time you have read this, many Home Owners will have been delivered of many millions of (UK)  pounds by unscrupulously corrupt Estate Agents, which is why I am intensifying my warning to Property Sellers, about the danger of allowing any Estate Agent to take possession of the sale of their greatest investment. Their Home!
Perhaps it is very difficult to discern whether an Estate Agent is crooked or not, but if the reports on the BBC Television programme are to be believed, we are in grave danger not knowing how we can protect our homes from criminals. That is why we support and advocate the use of FSBO Websites like: http://www.DIYproperty4sale.com  where everything is transparent and safe to use, building confidence and trust, otherwise impossible to obtain, because of fast, flash Estate Agents, or Real Estate Agents, who have an eye on your Estate, working hand in hand with crooked Surveyors and criminal property Buyers.
That I am afraid is just the beginning of Home Owner’s problems, as in June 2007 the Government is setting loose a multitude of HIP Inspectors, in order to undertake the dreaded Home Information Packs required from every Property Seller in the United Kingdom, costing each one approximately between (UK) 650 pounds and (UK) 1,000 pounds, that would usually be followed by up to 4% of Estate Agent’s commission!
Having spent all my working career as a Carpenter and Builder, I am intensely aware of the danger that this now poses, as HIP Inspectors will have equal power to those terrifying Inspectors from the Council Planning Office, and many of you will already be quaking at the prospect of allowing someone like this into your home, to give your potential Home Buyer a first hand glance at all that is wrong with your property.
If your HIP Inspector is an honest person then you have some hope, supposing he/she is not so over-zealous that they find just everything imaginable wrong with the place, hopefully it will be a balanced, sensible honest HIP Inspector that visits you, but what happens if he or she is corrupt, a money grabbing criminal with connections to the underworld of property, where thousands of Home Owners are daily being swindled out of millions of  UK Pounds, through devious and deceitful means.
Am I being unnecessarily paranoid about this? Or am I right, that there is a grave danger to all UK Home Owners? The only way to combat the problem in my view will be to have a Pre HIP Inspector’s Inspection i.e. to enable an Independent professional Building Consultant  (Not a registered local Surveyor) to evaluate your home and to make a thorough checklist for the Home Owner to begin to put things right with his/her home, before the Official HIP Inspector is let loose. This will enable the Home Owner to have a list of things wrong with his/her property that no one has yet seen, (Not even the Estate Agent) giving the Home Owner the power to pre-empt the Official HIP Inspector’s Inspection, thus protecting him/herself from losing those valuable potential Buyers to criminals!
Of course we know that there are some Property Sellers who are equally corrupt and will lie about their properties being something they aren’t, but they, bless God will be caught in the HIP Inspector’s net, those are not the ones we seek to protect, but the innocent Home Owner who has a problem with damp on the kitchen walls and maybe a few cracks to the outside rendering of the property, as well as them having no idea about making the property look fresh and acceptable to Home Buyers. These are those we can help by giving them a service that enables them to clean up the place beforehand, offering professional regulated Trades and Services to get their home ready for sale, giving them peace of mind when the HIP Inspector comes with his clipboard under his arm!
I value any comments and views from my Fellow Bloggers and Readers and invite you to E-mail me at: dan@121evangint.org
God bless you all.

Kind regards
Dan Cralton