Damp, Mould & Leak Detection in Runnymede

Damp, mould and leaks in Runnymede homes

Runnymede is the Thames-side borough at the north west corner of Surrey, named after the water meadow near Egham where Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. Its council is based in Addlestone and its other towns are Chertsey and Egham; Virginia Water, Englefield Green, Ottershaw, Thorpe, New Haw and Woodham make up most of the rest. The M25 runs through the middle of it, with Addlestone, Chertsey and Egham Hythe inside the motorway. The postcode districts are KT15 and KT16, TW20 and GU25, and the neighbours are Spelthorne, Elmbridge, Woking, Surrey Heath and, across the river, Windsor and Maidenhead.

Water shapes the borough. Chertsey, Egham, Egham Hythe and Thorpe sit on the low Thames floodplain, with the river itself, the Bourne streams and the gravel pits and lakes around Thorpe keeping the water table high; Virginia Water and Englefield Green sit higher on sandy ground that drains freely. On the floodplain we see damp at ground level, wet sub-floor voids and leaks under solid floors that only show once the ground around the house is saturated; on the higher ground the cause is almost always within the building.

The 2021 Census counted about 35,000 households, two-thirds owner-occupied and almost one in five privately rented. The stock is 32 % semi-detached, 26 % detached and 15 % terraced, with a quarter in flats. Every town and village below links to its own page.

Housing in Runnymede (Census 2021): 34,838 households: 66% owner-occupiers, 19% private renters, 13% social renters. Housing stock: purpose-built flats 20%, converted and other flats 4%, terraced 15%, semi-detached 32%, detached 26%.Source: ONS Census 2021, tables TS054 (tenure) and TS044 (accommodation type), via Nomis.