Where there is hope

So its now April - the months of 2011 have flown by so far and hopefully work will continue to get busier.

During the month of March I added to my services with Fresh as a Daisy - its an end of tenancy cleaning company that makes sure a property is properly cleaned, oven gleaming, windows smear free and smelling fresh before new tenants move in. One of the reasons for this is I am trying to save estate/letting agents and landlords time - instead of 3 phone calls to get the EPC,inventory and cleaning sorted they now have to make only 1 call (to me!) and its all organised leaving them to concentrate on obtaining new tenants/new sales etc which is of great importance in this current financial climate.

I have noticed though that the DEAs that seem to be surviving the recession are the ones that (apart from making sure they are professional, up to date and have high standards of customer care and quick turnaround times) have added additional services to their business. Its definately a case of making sure that not all your eggs are in one basket.

Have seen some promising news though today via the EAT blog - http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/news_features/Hopeful-signs-for-spring-housing-market. Which explains that there are signs of new growth in the market!

Am very hopeful about IDEAs petition to bring down the length of time that the EPCs are valid for is taken into account soon with the powers that be - 10 years is definately too long, there is too much that can be changed during that length of time and it really does need to be only valid for 1 year. Fingers crossed!

Off now to check on the seedlings in my greenhouse - am hopeful that should be a good amount of home made salsa from homegrown cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and peppers this year! (Thats if the children stop eating them off the plants)

Before I forget the Draw an ECO house competition ends this friday so please if you have 2 minutes spare log on to Hazel Green Associates on Facebook and have a look at the fantastic drawings the children have done! They had some wonderful ideas.