Mould Removal in Leicester — Verified Local Specialists

Damp & Mould in Leicester’s Housing Stock

Leicester in numbers: homes, flood risk and rainfall

Housing and flood figures are for the whole Leicester 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 Leicester

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

• Loughborough10 miles away
• Coalville11 miles away
• Hinckley12 miles away
• Melton Mowbray14 miles away
• Nuneaton16 miles away
• Rugby19 miles away

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Mould Removal Near Leicester

Leicester mould removal: local answers

How many verified mould specialists cover Leicester?

5 verified mould specialists are based within 25 miles of Leicester, and 22 more cover the area from further away.

Who is the nearest verified mould specialist to Leicester?

ServiceMaster Restore, based in Whetstone, Leicestershire, is the nearest — about 5 miles in a straight line from the centre of Leicester.View ServiceMaster Restore's profile →

Which services do specialists covering Leicester offer?

Of the 27 verified specialists listed for Leicester, 23 offer mould removal, 19 offer independent damp surveys, 15 offer condensation control & ventilation, 10 offer damp proofing and 7 offer structural damp & waterproofing. A specialist can offer several.

What kind of damp problems are common in Leicester?

Leicester's rental stock includes extensive Victorian and Edwardian terraces, historically linked to the city's textile industry. Leicester has a large and diverse landlord community, and the city council maintains a dedicated private sector housing team to manage standards across its older terraced stock. The council is developing a dedicated online portal specifically so private tenants can report damp and mould with photo evidence.

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

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

How many homes in Leicester are rented?

In Leicester, 29.4% of households (about 37,500 homes) rent privately and 23.2% 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 Leicester'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 Leicester?

Across Leicester, 29.2% of homes are terraced (England: 23%) and 21.9% are flats (England: 21.4%). 1.9% of households have no central heating (England: 1.5%) and 12.4% have fewer bedrooms than they need (England: 4.4%).Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

Is Leicester at risk of flooding?

In Leicester, 2.4% 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 7.3% 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 Leicester get?

The nearest Met Office climate station with a 1991–2020 average, Sutton Bonington, is about 15 miles from Leicester. It recorded an average of 630 mm of rain a year over 1991–2020. That is the station's reading, not Leicester's own: hills and coast can change rainfall noticeably over a few miles.Source: Met Office climate averages ↗