The PRS clock is being set.
Awaab's Law is being extended to the private rented sector - the PRS - under the Renters' Rights Act 2025. The start date is still to be confirmed - but the main landlord and property bodies (including the NRLA) all advise getting ready now. MouldWatch gets you ready the fast way: we do the work for you - investigate, fix, and prove every case - or we power your own team to run it.
Four reasons to move early.
Highest damp prevalence of any tenure.
Private rented homes have the most damp of any type. The English Housing Survey 2024 found damp in 10% of them - compared with 7% of social rented homes and 4% of owner-occupied. Serious condensation or mould affects 6% of private rented homes, and 46% of private renters report some condensation, damp or mould.
Awaab's Law is coming to the PRS.
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 (which became law on 27 October 2025) is the legal route. The government's housing department has confirmed the extension in its implementation roadmap; the start date still has to go through consultation. So the question is when, not whether - and the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) is already telling private landlords to get ready.
The PRS Database will make compliance visible.
The new PRS Database will record landlord compliance and be searchable by prospective tenants. Poor records become a competitive disadvantage; a clean, dated hazard history becomes a letting asset.
The redress exposure is already rising.
A new private rented sector Landlord Ombudsman is coming - membership will be mandatory, and government expects the service to begin in 2028. Void costs, deposit disputes, and compensation orders all trend up in periods of regulatory change - especially for landlords whose documentation is thin.
We do the work - or power your team.
Two ways to get ready, on your terms. Hand the whole thing to us, or run it yourself with the tools in your own systems. You can switch between the two at any time.
Full service: we get you ready and handle every case.
- We investigate, fix, and check the case from start to finish, using our field network (run by our partner Quidos). No extra load on your team.
- Damp and mould caught 2–4 weeks early, so you act before a tenant complains or a case escalates.
- A timestamped evidence pack, prepared for you - ready for the new private rented sector Landlord Ombudsman (expected 2028), and built to the same standard the social housing Ombudsman expects.
Or run it yourself: the sensors, software, and evidence - you keep control.
- Room-level sensors, mould-risk prediction, and alerts your own team, agents, or contractors act on.
- Wired into your existing lettings or property-management platform, so the evidence builds itself.
- You keep control of the work - and you can hand any case to our field network whenever you want. Nothing locked in.
