Mould Removal in Colchester

Damp & Mould in Colchester’s Housing Stock

Services Available in Colchester

Colchester in numbers: homes, flood risk and rainfall

Housing and flood figures are for the whole Colchester 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 Colchester

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

• Sudbury13 miles away
• Witham13 miles away
• Clacton-on-Sea13 miles away
• Braintree15 miles away
• Ipswich16 miles away
• Felixstowe20 miles away

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Colchester mould and damp: local answers

How many verified mould specialists cover Colchester?

No verified mould specialists are based within 25 miles of Colchester yet, but 7 cover the area from further away.

Who is the nearest verified mould specialist to Colchester?

Quoins Damp Surveyors, based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, is the nearest — about 31 miles in a straight line from the centre of Colchester.View Quoins Damp Surveyors's profile →

Which services do specialists covering Colchester offer?

Of the 7 verified specialists listed for Colchester, 6 offer mould removal, 4 offer independent damp surveys, 3 offer damp proofing, 3 offer condensation control & ventilation and 3 offer structural damp & waterproofing. A specialist can offer several.

What kind of damp problems are common in Colchester?

Britain's oldest recorded town has a rental stock dominated by Victorian and Edwardian terraces, sustained by a large student population from the University of Essex, alongside newer garden community developments on the outskirts. Colchester City Council states it aims to respond to damp and mould reports within 30 days and complete remedial works within 90 — useful context for landlords and tenants gauging how quickly a council-led resolution might move.

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

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

How many homes in Colchester are rented?

In Colchester, 21.5% of households (about 17,100 homes) rent privately and 13.3% 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 Colchester'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 Colchester?

Across Colchester, 18.1% of homes are terraced (England: 23%) and 19.8% are flats (England: 21.4%). 1.1% of households have no central heating (England: 1.5%) and 2.9% have fewer bedrooms than they need (England: 4.4%).Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

Is Colchester at risk of flooding?

In Colchester, 1.4% 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 1.8% 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 Colchester get?

The nearest Met Office climate station with a 1991–2020 average, Wattisham, is about 16 miles from Colchester. It recorded an average of 623 mm of rain a year over 1991–2020. That is the station's reading, not Colchester's own: hills and coast can change rainfall noticeably over a few miles.Source: Met Office climate averages ↗