Mould Removal in Falmouth

Damp & Mould in Falmouth’s Housing Stock

Services Available in Falmouth

Falmouth in numbers: homes, flood risk and rainfall

Housing and flood figures are for Cornwall, the local authority area that covers Falmouth, not for the town 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 Falmouth

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

• Truro8 miles away
• Redruth9 miles away
• Camborne11 miles away
• St Austell18 miles away
• Newquay18 miles away
• Penzance21 miles away

Guides

Falmouth mould and damp: local answers

How many verified mould specialists cover Falmouth?

No verified mould specialists are based within 25 miles of Falmouth yet, but 21 cover the area from further away.

Who is the nearest verified mould specialist to Falmouth?

Sovereign Preservation, based in Plymouth, is the nearest — about 44 miles in a straight line from the centre of Falmouth.View Sovereign Preservation's profile →

Which services do specialists covering Falmouth offer?

Of the 21 verified specialists listed for Falmouth, 20 offer mould removal, 16 offer independent damp surveys, 10 offer condensation control & ventilation, 8 offer damp proofing and 7 offer structural damp & waterproofing. A specialist can offer several.

What kind of damp problems are common in Falmouth?

Falmouth's rental market is heavily shaped by Falmouth University and the University of Exeter's Penryn campus, sustaining a large student HMO sector in the town's Georgian and Victorian maritime-era housing. High-turnover student HMOs in older terraced stock add overcrowding-related condensation risk, while the town's maritime-era buildings near the harbour face elevated penetrating damp risk from direct coastal exposure.

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

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

How many homes in Falmouth are rented?

Falmouth is in Cornwall, where 19.7% of households (about 49,400 homes) rent privately and 12.8% 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 Cornwall'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 Falmouth?

Across Cornwall, 21.9% of homes are terraced (England: 23%) and 11.9% are flats (England: 21.4%). 3.5% of households have no central heating (England: 1.5%) and 2.1% have fewer bedrooms than they need (England: 4.4%).Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

Is Falmouth at risk of flooding?

In Cornwall, 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 2.8% 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 Falmouth get?

The nearest Met Office climate station with a 1991–2020 average, Culdrose, is about 9 miles from Falmouth. It recorded an average of 981 mm of rain a year over 1991–2020. That is the station's reading, not Falmouth's own: hills and coast can change rainfall noticeably over a few miles.Source: Met Office climate averages ↗