More products?

Its a bitterly cold wednesday. Ice on the cars and on the roads. But I am in a happy place right now - I managed to get all 3 kids fed, washed and dressed before 8am without having to shout once! Normally I have turned into the fishwife from hell by 8am on a school day shouting at one or the other to hurry up, we will be late, get moving etc so to have not had to do that feels so good - don't want to jinx myself but maybe the kids are getting into the routine finally?

Work this week is quiet so I am concentrating on researching other products I can offer to my clients and (hopefully) potential clients. I already do EPCs, commercial EPCs, floorplans and inventories so other than check ins of tenants am not sure what else I can offer (any ideas let me know!). Have thought about videos of properties, a walk through of a property for sale - it would save time as potential buyers would be able to get a wonderful feel for the property but am not 100% on that at the moment. It would be similar to the 360 tours that were in fashion some time ago but it would incorportate all of the property so that idea needs some looking into.

The current situation with mortgages is worrying me at the moment, unless the Government does something then the market is going to continue on its current path. We need to see the lending "freeing" up so that more people can get on the market! If the Government wants more people in work it would certainly help alot of builders get back to work if the housing market started moving again and it would, with stamp duty etc, give more revenue for the Government and help the UK get out of debt.

One of the largest landlords?

Private landlords in the UK are expected to keep their properties to a certain standard and to provide an EPC to tenants.

But what about one of the largest "landlords" within the UK - the M.O.D? The MOD own thousands of houses (it was reported by the Daily Mail that they have 2,400 sitting empty) and thousands of armed forces families living in these houses, are the MOD providing EPCs for these properties?

Surely with the EU directive it would be essential to have these properties kept to a good standard and insulated correctly to save energy, carbon footprint of a base and to save on fuel bills for the families of serving personell?

Admittedly it would take a while to provide EPCs for the entire stock of houses that the MOD currently owns but I do think it is something that should happen. After all the MOD are technically landlords in this situation.