Mouldy Walls...

Mr_Hindley

Lizzy wrote: »

I would recommend a Whole of House Air Exchange Unit. It costs around £250 and can be fitted in about half and hour if that. It goes in the loft space and the silent blower going on the landing ceiling. It forces air from the loft and eves into the house and dries out the condensation.

Cheers for the tip, Lizzy - sounds really good. But alas, the flat I rent out is ground floor, with another flat upstairs, so loft space not an option. Actually, out of pure curiosity - you say it dries out the condensation. Sounds a bit like a built-in dehumidifier, I'm wondering where the moisture goes?

Lizzy

Mr_Hindley wrote: »

Cheers for the tip, Lizzy - sounds really good. But alas, the flat I rent out is ground floor, with another flat upstairs, so loft space not an option. Actually, out of pure curiosity - you say it dries out the condensation. Sounds a bit like a built-in dehumidifier, I'm wondering where the moisture goes?

Check the website there are other options on there for you and flats. They seem to have everything.
Yeah where does it go ? we best not try to be too scientific, who cares.

Lizzy

How do you do this quote thing so you don't have to put the whole of the quote in when you just need a section that you have just done ?

Davesnave

Lizzy wrote: »

How do you do this quote thing?

You just press 'Quote' and when the text comes up in the new window, you highlight what you don't want and delete it. Then, what you do want is all that's left.

mooks

While I'm waiting to find out the outcome of my brother's situation I haven't really got much more to add, but I have to say it really does give me a warm fuzzy feeling to see LLs who are genuinely committed to sorting things out - pragmatic and realistic - but not cynical or assuming that anyone who's renting is going to wreck your property.

I don't doubt that you occasionally get problem tenants, but I'm also guessing that your friendly attitude and positive approach means that you have a much stronger relationship with your tenants than the ones for whom everything is a chore.

Lizzy

The problem is and my Landlord friends have the same. With damp and mold sometimes whatever you do you just can't stop it. Extractors, dehumidifiers etc etc and it still comes. However much you try and whatever you do the tenant will get angry if you don't stop it and put the total blame on you. The only way is to offer to let them out of their contract. Then you have done everything I suppose.

BitterAndTwisted

If extractors, dehumidifiers and open windows combined with adequate heating doesn't prevent condensation and mould there must be penetrating damp somewhere. Either the moisture is being caused inside which is the tenant's responsibility or it's coming in from outside which is the landlord's responsibility. It's not voodoo, it's science

Mr_Hindley

mooks wrote: »

While I'm waiting to find out the outcome of my brother's situation I haven't really got much more to add, but I have to say it really does give me a warm fuzzy feeling to see LLs who are genuinely committed to sorting things out - pragmatic and realistic - but not cynical or assuming that anyone who's renting is going to wreck your property.

I don't doubt that you occasionally get problem tenants, but I'm also guessing that your friendly attitude and positive approach means that you have a much stronger relationship with your tenants than the ones for whom everything is a chore.

Aw, glad to reassure you there's a few of us out there trying to be decent LLs! (Although maybe if you asked my tenants they might feel differently... No big complaints so far, though.) Say, don't suppose you want to rent a 2-bed flat in Oxfordshire, only slightly mouldy? Oh well, worth a try.

Cheers for the additional tip, Lizzy, looks intriguing, I might dig around a bit further on that... They do seem to have options for flats, although I'd quite like to get one of the ones designed for houses, just because of the name - Big Bertha!!

alyxzandra

I had terrible mould in my home despite keeping windows open, putting in extra vents and so on. The windows would drip with condensation. A builder friend came up with a cheap and effective solution. He put in a bridge on the walls. It is a very thin styrofoam sort of thing you can get in Wickes and he wallpapered over it. The problem is in the winter the cold air from the outside clashes with the warmth inside and creates condensation. It is usually because of poor insulation in the walls. His solution worked and we no longer have dripping windows, mould or condensation. Maybe suggest this cheap solution to the landlord?