Read a reportbefore youpay for one.
Most people have never seen a damp survey before they commission one. These are two complete specimen reports, in exactly the format you would receive. Read them in full, download the PDF, and judge the standard for yourself.
Two real examples.
Both are specimen documents. The properties, clients and findings are fictional, so nothing here identifies a real customer. Everything else, the structure, the depth and the standard of reasoning, is exactly what we produce.
Full Damp Survey
Late Victorian mid-terrace, solid brick
A property with three separate damp mechanisms running at once: rising damp through a bridged damp proof course, penetrating damp from a failed gutter joint, and surface condensation in the bathroom. The report separates them, explains why previous repairs failed, and sets out the order the works have to be done in.
- Moisture readings at low, mid and high level on every affected wall
- The diagnostic reasoning, not just the conclusion
- HHSRS hazard rating with the evidence behind it
- A sequenced remedial scope you can price up
Mould Report
1970s semi-detached, cavity wall, tenanted
A tenanted property with mould in four rooms. Every wall tested dry within the fabric, so this is condensation, not rising damp. The report identifies slumped cavity insulation as a cold band, two missing extract fans, and a high moisture load, and it is fair about which of those belongs to the building rather than the household.
- Surface temperature readings that locate the cold spots
- A clear statement of what the property does not need
- Category 1 HHSRS rating where a vulnerable occupant is present
- Occupier guidance written to be usable, not to apportion blame
What you get, every time.
Readings, not opinions
Moisture, relative humidity, air and surface temperature recorded room by room, so the diagnosis can be checked rather than taken on trust.
Photographic record
Every finding is evidenced. On full damp surveys you also get a link to the complete set of photographs and video taken on the day.
HHSRS hazard rating
The rating councils, courts and housing associations expect to see, with the reasoning that supports it stated in full.
A scope you can act on
Remedial works split into priority, longer term and occupier guidance, in the order they need doing. You are free to take it to any contractor.
