FREE SAMPLE LETTER
Report damp and mould in writing.
A short, plain letter for reporting damp and mould to your landlord for the first time. Copy it, fill in the brackets and send it by email.
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You have the law on your side.
If you’ve reported damp, mould, leaks, or any hazard affecting your health and your landlord hasn’t fixed it within the statutory timescales, this site gives you the framework, the documents, and the practical steps to act.
Your resources
Everything here is live now. The four resources below are free to use. And when you’re ready to put your landlord on notice in writing, the Tenant Action Pack gives you eleven ready-to-send letters built around the Awaab’s Law deadlines.
COMPENSATION CALCULATOR
Estimate what you may be entitled to.
Enter your rent, the rooms you could not use and for how long. The calculator uses the Housing Ombudsman's published figures, and you can save the result as a PDF.
Use the calculator→GUIDE: YOUR RIGHTS ON MOULD
Is your landlord responsible?
What your landlord has to do about damp and mould, whether you rent from a council, a housing association or a private landlord.
Read the guide→THE LAW
The full legislative context.
Read the statutory framework in accessible terms: SI 2025/1042, section 10A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.
Read the explainer→
Tenant Action Pack · £9.99
Ready-to-send letters for when your landlord won’t act
Eleven template letters that take you from your first report through to formal escalation. Fill in the highlighted blanks, delete the prompts, and send.
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