As a contractor, your worst enemy is a blank calendar. We’ve all been there: waiting for the phone to ring with an emergency leak or a total loss of power call-out. Reactive work pays the bills, but it’s chaotic, unpredictable, and makes scaling your business nearly impossible.
The secret to a stable, profitable diary? Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM). Compliance is a goldmine of predictable revenue for the contractors who know how to manage it.
Compliance cycles that fill your diary
When you focus on compliance-led PPM, you stop chasing one-off jobs and start building a recurring revenue stream. Here are the heavy hitters:
- Gas Safety Certificates (CP12): The annual staple for Gas Safe registered engineers. Every rental property needs one, every single year.
- Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR): Generally required every 5 years (or at change of tenancy). These are high-value, deep-dive inspections.
- Legionella Risk Assessments (LRA): Usually reviewed every 2 years or when there’s a change in the water system.
- Energy Performance Certificates (EPC): Valid for 10 years, but increasingly triggered by new legislation requiring higher efficiency ratings.
How Fixflo automates your income
We know that managing the admin of recurring jobs can be a headache. That’s why Fixflo does the heavy lifting for you. Our system is designed to bridge the gap between the due date and the done date without the back-and-forth emails.
1. The 60-day head start
Fixflo’s PPM module auto-instructs compliance tasks roughly 60 days before they expire. This gives you a two-month window to review your upcoming capacity and slot jobs where they make sense geographically, reducing travel time and fuel costs.
2. The 30-day "100% compliance" commitment
If a job is instructed at least 30 days before the deadline and the tenant/occupier grants access, our workflow is built to ensure 100% compliance. This reliability makes you look like a hero to the property manager.
3. Seamless booking
Fixflo lets you propose multiple time slots, track responses, and upload certificates as soon as the job is finished.
Stop chasing, start planning
Ready to stop staring at an empty diary? By joining our network, you get direct access to property managers who need reliable pros to handle their recurring safety checks.
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