For homeowners, understanding what causes damp and how to identify and prevent it from taking hold is crucial for maintaining a dry and healthy home.

Learn more about the most common causes of damp in UK homes and what you can do to reduce the problem.

The presence of damp in a property can significantly affect its attractiveness to buyers and result costly repairs that could cause the sale to fall through.

Dark patches of mould in your bathroom are unsettling, and may be a signal that your property has an damp problem that could be expensive to repair.

When purchasing a property, the buyer will conduct a survey that assesses the state of the property and looks at what might affect the valuation. One of the key factors that the survey looks at is whether there is damp in the property.

Damp can be a particular problem in student accommodation if the property is not occupied all year around. Learn more about how you can reduce damp problems in student housing.

Damp can be a major problem in houses and ultimately lead to expensive repair bills or allow the growth of mould that is damaging to health.

Although different types of damp might appear similar in your home, it is vital to understand the difference in what causes them if you want to remove the problem.

Condensation Damp is the most common type of damp and affects as many as 1 in 5 UK homes. Learn more about how you can prevent it.

In addition to the damage that damp does to the fabric of your home, it can also affect your health, especially if you have a weaker immune system.

Those managing student properties have responsibilities to their tenants and must be mindful of the actions needed to reduce the risk of damp and mould.

Aside from the risk to your health damp can also damage the fabric of your property and lead to expensive bills for repair and redecoration.