A stable national grid does not mean the electrical installation inside your property is automatically safe or well maintained. Flickering lights, recurring trips, warm plugs, damaged fittings and undocumented alterations are warning signs worth checking before they become failures.

Electricity costs more, but the quickest opportunity may be inside the property. Walk the building after closing and find out what is still running, leaking or being overlooked.

A structured site inspection helps property managers separate urgent defects from work that can be packaged into a planned maintenance programme.