How to Comply with Awaab's Law for Landlords.
Awaab's Law legally mandates strict timelines for landlords to identify, investigate, and resolve dampness and mould in rental properties. Pen and paper are no longer legally sufficient—you need a clear, structured digital audit trail.
Step 1: Select Property Observations
Select all symptoms currently reported or observed at the property:
Step 2: Legal Risk Output
No immediate hazards selected. Maintain routine property inspections to ensure continued compliance.
Use DampApp Pro™ to instantly log EXIF-verified, time-stamped photo evidence to satisfy environmental health audits.
Understanding the Mandatory Timelines
Private and social landlords must strictly respect Awaab's Law guidelines:
- Within 14 Days: You must investigate damp or mould reports and provide a written diagnostic spec to the tenant.
- Within 7 Days: If a hazard is identified, repair works must officially begin on-site.
- Within 24 Hours: Emergency repairs (such as structural stack leaks or burst internal pipes) must be completed.
Why Paper Records Fail Court Audits
If a tenant disputes your compliance logs, simple written checksheets can be easily thrown out of court. Awaab's Law demands **defensible, timestamped baseline diagnostics**.
DampApp Pro™ runs natively offline, allowing you to drop moisture pins room-by-room, perform internal air quality (IAQ) math to prove condensation origins, and output finished, branded PDF reports on-site.
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