Validity of Pack/documents
When first compiling the pack the Searches and Land Registry documents shall be no more than 3 months old and the EPC shall be no more than 12 months old (soon to be extended to 36 months old). It is not a legal requirement to update the pack and the pack remains valid until such a time as the property is sold or removed from the market.
The seller can, however, continue to use the original HIP in the following situations:
where the property is removed from the market but then re-advertised within 12 months of the original first day of marketing
or where the property was removed from market because of a sale, but the re-advertised due the sale falling through within 28 days of that event.