Damp and Mould Specialist

Simpled Services Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

Simpled Services Ltd is seeking a skilled damp and mould specialist to survey homes, identify the underlying causes, and apply effective treatments. You will explain findings clearly to residents and ensure lasting solutions rather than quick fixes.

You must have experience in damp and mould work (not just painting over), hold public liability insurance or be willing to obtain it, and have your own tools, transport, and a phone for photos. Pay per completed job.

Qualifications

• Experience treating damp and mould, not just painting over it.
• Public liability insurance or willingness to obtain before first job.
• The right to work in the UK and registered as self-employed (CIS where the work is construction).
• Your own tools and your own transport.
• A phone you can take photos on. Every job is signed off with pictures.

Responsibilities

• Survey the property and identify what is actually causing the damp.
• Treat, remove and make good, and say what else needs to change to keep it gone.
• Explain it to the resident in plain words, without frightening them.
• Photograph everything. Damp work gets inspected more than any other job we do.

Skills

Experience treating damp and mould

Tools

Own tools

Own transport

Phone for photos

Job description

Damp and mould is our biggest single line of work, and it is the one with a family living in the middle of it. A child with a cough in a bedroom with black on the wall is the job, not a line on a schedule.

You treat the cause as well as the surface. Ventilation, insulation, cold bridging, a leak somebody missed. Wiping it off and painting over it is not a repair.

What the work is

• Survey the property and identify what is actually causing the damp.
• Treat, remove and make good, and say what else needs to change to keep it gone.
• Explain it to the resident in plain words, without frightening them.
• Photograph everything. Damp work gets inspected more than any other job we do.

What we need from you

• Experience treating damp and mould, not just painting over it.
• Public liability insurance, or willing to get it before your first job.
• The right to work in the UK, and registered as self-employed (CIS where the work is construction).
• Your own tools and your own transport.
• A phone you can take photos on. Every job is signed off with pictures.

Paid per job. The price is agreed with you before the work starts, and it does not change afterwards.