Mould Removal in St Austell

Damp & Mould in St Austell’s Housing Stock

Services Available in St Austell

St Austell in numbers: homes, flood risk and rainfall

Housing and flood figures are for Cornwall, the local authority area that covers St Austell, 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 St Austell

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

• Bodmin10 miles away
• Truro13 miles away
• Newquay14 miles away
• Falmouth18 miles away
• Redruth20 miles away
• Camborne24 miles away

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St Austell mould and damp: local answers

How many verified mould specialists cover St Austell?

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

Who is the nearest verified mould specialist to St Austell?

Sovereign Preservation, based in Plymouth, is the nearest — about 29 miles in a straight line from the centre of St Austell.View Sovereign Preservation's profile →

Which services do specialists covering St Austell offer?

Of the 21 verified specialists listed for St Austell, 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 St Austell?

St Austell's rental stock reflects its history as the centre of Cornwall's china clay industry, with Victorian terraces built for clay workers dominating the older parts of town. Older solid-wall terraces without cavity insulation remain common in the private rented sector, keeping fabric-related damp a frequent complaint typical of Cornwall's former mining and quarrying towns.

Where can St Austell tenants report damp and mould to the council?

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

How many homes in St Austell are rented?

St Austell 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 St Austell?

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 St Austell 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 St Austell get?

The nearest Met Office climate station with a 1991–2020 average, St Austell, Bethel, is about 2 miles from St Austell. It recorded an average of 1,229 mm of rain a year over 1991–2020. That is the station's reading, not St Austell's own: hills and coast can change rainfall noticeably over a few miles.Source: Met Office climate averages ↗