Well here we are a couple of weeks into HIP free selling and its beginning to sink in - old fashioned hot box marketing is back. The excitement of listing a property that you can instantly market (5 minutes to order the EPC) is what I always loved about this job. Calling people, telling them about something new when it is still new to you and not some thing you remember seeing some 5 - 10 days ago.
Its a shame the last goverment got them so wrong, everything about them was not going to work from the start, the whole concept of up front information is a good one, providing buyers with relevant information is a good idea but what they really need is to know if its sound structurally, what work might need doing and how much that might cost, the minute this information was dropped was the minute the death warrent for the whole idea should have been signed. In the meantime, companies were created with millions invested in product development and training to provide them - quite often life savings or redundancy payemnts hoping for a new career - where do these companies go now - those employed in them do they have a job. The whole sorry affair ought to be independently investigated and a proper assessment of why government employees consult with an entire industry then ignore everything they are told from many highly experienced experts with years of knowledge that told them from day one HIP just wont work!!!!
There are gone and I for one am not sorry to see the back of them, I am sorry for all those employees and companies that have to pick up the pieces and move on.
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