MORE than 1000 complaints about damp and mould in Glasgow were reported to the council last year.
It has been revealed that in the last full year, 2022 there were more than 1000 reports of damp through either condensation or water ingress.
In 2020 the council received 724 complaints, the following year it went up to 762 and in 2022 it was higher again up to 886.In 2020 there were 141 complaints made to the council environmental health department about condensation dampness.Between 2020 and 2022 the increase in complaints has been 28%. While the council does not own any homes is the housing authority for Glasgow and can take action to force repairs to be carried out.
A council report by George Gillespie, executive director of neighbourhoods stated: “A house will normally be considered below tolerable standard if an assessor, normally with the use of a protimeter moisture meter, finds persistent visible penetrating damp which covers an area greater than approximately: 10% of the overall wall space in one apartment in the house; 10% of the ceiling in one apartment in the house; or 20% of overall wall space or ceiling in one or more other spaces in the house.
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