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Home & Property
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Mould in Rental Properties: Who Is Responsible and What Should Happen Next?

Get your property ready for the colder months with practical seasonal checks, from heating and ventilation to gutters, drainage and winter maintenance. A little preparation now can help prevent bigger problems when London’s colder, wetter weather arrives. ([thepropertycentres.co.uk][1])

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This is much stronger for Home & Property because it deals with a real housing problem, not interior-decoration filler.

And it shouldn't be written as “five ways to prevent mould.”

Start with the problem itself: black marks appear around a bedroom window. The tenant thinks the building is damp. The landlord thinks the tenant isn't ventilating the room.

Who is actually right?

Potentially either. Potentially neither.

The article can properly explain the difference between condensation, penetrating damp, rising damp, leaks and inadequate ventilation. Then move into why simply wiping mould away—or telling a tenant to open a window—doesn't establish what caused it.

That opens naturally into landlord repair responsibilities, tenant responsibilities, inspections, evidence, ventilation and when professional investigation is necessary.

It also gives us a very current housing angle because Awaab's Law is being extended into the private rented sector under the Renters’ Rights reforms, making damp and mould management increasingly important for landlords.

The article becomes useful to both sides instead of automatically blaming either one.

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