Damp and mould inspection app with the record Awaab's Law asks for.

It depends on the job. For inspecting homes, a mobile app that records findings room by room, with photographs, readings and a dated record of who inspected, and that works offline, is the core requirement. If you need the software to track the Awaab's Law deadlines for you, choose a tool that does that. If you want to spot damp and mould across a whole stock from repairs data, repairs analytics is a different category. SiteSurvey is a mobile inspection app: strong on the room by room record, offline capture and Walk Cam video, and the form records each Awaab's Law due date and whether it was met, but it does not count working days or set the deadlines for you. Our comparison of damp and mould inspection software sets out seven tools side by side, with sources.

Source: Damp and mould inspection software compared.

Awaab's Law is named after Awaab Ishak, a two year old who died in December 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould in his family's social housing flat in Rochdale. It is implemented through the Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025, which came into force on 27 October 2025. It requires social landlords in England to investigate and fix hazards within fixed timeframes, starting with damp and mould and emergency hazards.

Sources: the Regulations (SI 2025 No. 1042) and GOV.UK Awaab's Law guidance.

For a potential significant hazard, the landlord must investigate within 10 working days of becoming aware of it, give the resident a written summary of the findings within 3 working days of the investigation concluding, and complete the relevant safety work within 5 working days of the investigation concluding. The day the landlord becomes aware is day zero, and day one is the next working day. Work to stop the hazard coming back must begin within 5 working days or, where that is not possible, as soon as reasonably practicable and within 12 weeks. Emergency hazards must be investigated and made safe within 24 hours. If a home cannot be made safe in time, the landlord must provide suitable alternative accommodation at its own expense, unless the resident turns down the offer. GOV.UK's guidance for social landlords is the authoritative source and should be checked for the full requirements.

Sources: GOV.UK Awaab's Law guidance and Awaab's Law timescales explained.

From 30 November 2026, Phase 2 extends Awaab's Law beyond damp and mould to a wider range of hazards where they present a significant risk of harm: excess cold and excess heat, falls, structural collapse and explosions, fire and electrical hazards, and domestic and personal hygiene and food safety. Phase 3 is separate and comes later: the government has said that in 2027 it will extend the regulations to all remaining Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) hazards except overcrowding. Inspections that currently cover damp and mould will need to cover much more.

Sources: the Phase 2 guidance and Awaab's Law Phase 2: the new hazards.

No software makes a landlord compliant. Compliance means investigating and acting within the legal timeframes, and that depends on your people and your processes. What SiteSurvey gives you is the record: a room by room account of what was found, with photographs, measurements, and who inspected it and when. That is the evidence you need to show the work was done, and done in time.

The terms are often used for the same visit. In social housing, an inspection usually means the landlord's investigation of a reported hazard under Awaab's Law and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), and a survey often means a more technical visit by a damp specialist to diagnose the cause, sometimes with more instruments. SiteSurvey records either: you build the form to match the visit, from a short triage inspection to a detailed damp and mould survey.

At a minimum: the property and the date, who inspected, and for each affected room the exact location, the extent of the damp or mould, photographs, any moisture or humidity readings, the likely cause (condensation, penetrating or rising damp, a leak), ventilation and extraction, anything about the household that raises the risk, and the recommended works. That is also the information the resident's written summary under Awaab's Law has to be based on. The full sample report above shows how SiteSurvey lays one out.

Social landlords in England and the people who inspect homes for them: housing associations, councils and ALMOs, and surveying or repairs contractors. It suits in-house damp and mould teams, surveyors doing stock condition work, and contractors who need to hand the landlord a consistent, dated record for every visit.

Pricing is per user, not per inspection or property. The Works plan, which includes the custom form builder and reports used for damp and mould inspections, is £25 per user per month. The Base plan starts at £13 per user per month. Every plan starts with a trial from £1, cancel any time.

Source: SiteSurvey pricing.

Yes. Forms, photographs, measurements and video are all captured on the device and sync once you are back in coverage. That matters for this work in particular, because the homes with the worst damp are often in the places with the weakest signal.

Yes, and it is the main reason to use a form rather than notes. Every inspector opens the same damp and mould form for every room, so findings across a whole stock can be compared and reported on, rather than read one free-text note at a time.