Mould Removal in Peterborough

Damp & Mould in Peterborough’s Housing Stock

Services Available in Peterborough

Peterborough in numbers: homes, flood risk and rainfall

Housing and flood figures are for the whole Peterborough local authority area, which is wider than the built-up area alone. Rainfall is the nearest Met Office station's reading.

Sources: ONS Census 2021; Environment Agency flood risk, November 2026; Met Office climate averages.

Mould and damp help near Peterborough

If you cannot find the right firm in Peterborough, these are the closest places we list specialists for. Distances are in a straight line from the town or borough centre.

• Stamford11 miles away
• Spalding15 miles away
• Huntingdon17 miles away
• Wisbech18 miles away
• Kettering24 miles away
• St Neots24 miles away

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Peterborough mould and damp: local answers

How many verified mould specialists cover Peterborough?

No verified mould specialists are based within 25 miles of Peterborough yet, but 19 cover the area from further away.

Who is the nearest verified mould specialist to Peterborough?

MouldGuard Services, based in Sandy / Central Bedfordshire, is the nearest — about 31 miles in a straight line from the centre of Peterborough.View MouldGuard Services's profile →

Which services do specialists covering Peterborough offer?

Of the 19 verified specialists listed for Peterborough, 16 offer mould removal, 13 offer independent damp surveys, 6 offer condensation control & ventilation, 3 offer damp proofing and 3 offer structural damp & waterproofing. A specialist can offer several.

What kind of damp problems are common in Peterborough?

Peterborough combines a cathedral-city core with extensive New Town-era expansion from the 1960s onward, making it one of England's fastest-growing towns. A council selective licensing scheme inspecting private rented homes across designated areas has uncovered more than 17,000 health and safety hazards including damp and mould, with the large majority resolved by landlords within agreed timescales — useful context on both the scale of the issue and the council's active enforcement approach.

Where can Peterborough tenants report damp and mould to the council?

Tenants and landlords in Peterborough can report unresolved damp and mould directly to the council through its damp and mould page.Source: Peterborough council damp and mould reporting page ↗

How many homes in Peterborough are rented?

In Peterborough, 24.4% of households (about 20,600 homes) rent privately and 18.6% rent from a council or housing association. Across England the figures are 20.5% and 17.1%. A private tenant who cannot get damp or mould dealt with can ask Peterborough's housing or environmental health team to inspect, as it can act on damp and mould as hazards.Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

What kind of homes are there in Peterborough?

Across Peterborough, 21.9% of homes are terraced (England: 23%) and 16.4% are flats (England: 21.4%). 1.2% of households have no central heating (England: 1.5%) and 6.1% have fewer bedrooms than they need (England: 4.4%).Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

Is Peterborough at risk of flooding?

In Peterborough, 1.2% of properties are in areas at medium or high risk (a 1% or greater chance in any year) of flooding from rivers or the sea (England: 1.9%) and 6.3% are at medium or high risk of surface water flooding (England: 5.9%). These are Environment Agency figures for the whole local authority (November 2026), not street-level: the GOV.UK flood service shows the risk for a single address.Source: Environment Agency flood risk, November 2026 ↗

How much rain does Peterborough get?

The nearest Met Office climate station with a 1991–2020 average, Wittering, is about 10 miles from Peterborough. It recorded an average of 614 mm of rain a year over 1991–2020. That is the station's reading, not Peterborough's own: hills and coast can change rainfall noticeably over a few miles.Source: Met Office climate averages ↗