If your rental agreement includes an interruption clause, you can terminate the rental agreement prematurely. If not, contact your local authority who will conduct an inspection to determine if the landlord is negligent. If so, they will send a message to the owner asking for repairs. Let me be clear — condensation is not the same as moisture. Many tenants report moisture to the landlord or real estate agent which turns out to be condensation. This happens when warm air comes into contact with a cold surface and the moisture in the air is turned into water droplets. Since condensation humidity is so common, the rest of this page will be dedicated to prevention. Condensation has become one of the most common causes of moisture in buildings. A report by the Building Research Establishment estimates that one and a half million homes in Britain are being hit hard by condensation.

If your property already has problems with condensation, it can get worse if you want to make the house more airtight. This is where the moist air goes and the temperature of the places where it goes determines if a condensation problem arises. Of course, there are cases when a lack of built-in ventilation would be the main cause of condensation moisture, and it would be the owner`s responsibility to remedy (think of the lack of window openings, kitchen and bathroom fans, etc.). From time to time, and I mean occasionally, the increase in humidity in a property is not only caused by condensation, but is due to other factors. Moisture is usually only caused by leak pipes, a roof leak, weakness in an outer wall, or rising moisture. While condensation is surface moisture, leaks often cause moisture stains through the plaster and wallpaper near the leak. Rising humidity can be detected by wet „tidal marking“ at the bottom of the inner walls. It is quite easy to detect a condensation problem when there are visible signs of moisture on a window or cold water pipe. The growth of fungi (usually mold) can occur before the problem is thus visible.

• Lawyers would always be informed of the need for an appropriate clause in the lease agreement to protect your property. However, problems with monitoring and evidence of non-compliance make implementation virtually impossible. However, under section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, the owner is required to repair the property A small pre-delivery at the owner`s expense can prevent costly condensation and also proves that the owner has taken appropriate steps to resolve the problem….