Steve,
If you visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10130254.stm, you will see: The packs are paid for by sellers and contain property information, title deeds, and local searches. and The energy performance certificate, which ranks the energy efficiency of a home with A to G ratings, will be retained and must be produced by the seller within 28 days of putting a home on the market. It costs about £60. The only parts of the HIP that always contained measurements were the energy certificate (which is remaining in place). Martin _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: 20 May 2010 14:22 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47397] New Govt - effect on metrication (housing) In the UK we have a new government. A couple of people cited 'HiPS' as a cause celebre regarding metric. I always found it an odd example since putting floorspace in metric on a form people will hate to fill out and pay for cannot surely be seen as selling metric? Anyhow - the new govt has scrapped it. No more HIPS I would suggest - however - that this is probably good for metric considering my observation above. ---------------- HIPS - stands for Home information Packs. Whereas estate agents used feet/in these forms used sq m. _____ Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/> now.
