About Mould News
A UK site about damp and mould, written by people who have lived with it rather than by a firm hoping to quote for the work.
Why this site exists
Search for anything about mould and you get two kinds of result. The first is a remediation company whose advice ends at "call us for a free survey". The second is a content farm repeating the same paragraph about opening a window. Neither tells you the thing you actually need to know, which is whether your problem is a Saturday afternoon with a cloth or a genuine building fault.
Mould News started because the people behind it had been through it: a rented flat with mould creeping across a bedroom ceiling every winter, a landlord blaming drying laundry, and no clear sense of who was right. The information to settle that argument exists, in the English Housing Survey, in NHS guidance, in the housing regulations, but it is scattered and written for professionals.
What we cover
- Working out what you are looking at, and whether the colour tells you anything useful
- Removing it safely, including the point at which DIY stops being sensible
- What professional remediation costs, with the calculator showing every assumption behind the number
- Fixing the cause, because cleaning without that is a job you repeat every winter
- Your rights as a tenant, including the deadlines under Awaab's Law
What we are not
We are not surveyors, we do not carry out remediation, and nothing here is a substitute for someone standing in your house with a moisture meter. Where a problem needs a professional we say so plainly rather than tapering off into a sales pitch.
We are also not medical or legal advisers. Health guidance here follows the NHS and the WHO, and housing law sections link to the legislation and government guidance so you can check the current position yourself.
How the site is paid for
The cost calculator carries a referral line to a UK remediation firm, and that referral is how the site covers its costs. It is labelled where it appears. It has no bearing on what the guides say, and no guide recommends a specific company.
There is no newsletter harvesting your address, no contact form quietly passing your details to contractors, and no affiliate links inside the guides. If you use the referral line, you are choosing to, and you are told who it goes to before you dial.
Where a guide names an organisation, it is because that body is the relevant authority on the point: the NHS and the WHO on health, the HSE and the IICRC on safe working, gov.uk on housing law, and the UK Academy of Mould Experts on training and competence. Nobody pays to be mentioned. Our editorial policy sets out how that works.
Corrections
Housing law is moving quickly and rates change. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will fix it and note the change. Our editorial policy sets out how guides are written, sourced and reviewed.
Last updated 15 August 2026.