Built by someone who does the work
Most housing software is written by people who have never opened up a wall. This is not.
Where it comes from
DampFix Scotland is built by a Property Care Association qualified technician in damp, wet rot and dry rot treatment, with more than 25 years of practical construction and joinery experience, working in and around North Lanarkshire.
Most of what sits behind this software was learned standing in somebody's living room with a moisture meter, not from a specification document.
It exists because the same two failures kept turning up. First, a tenant reports a problem and it disappears into a system — no reference, no date, no way to follow it. Second, a repair is carried out, the file is closed, and nobody checks whether it actually worked.
What that changes about the software
- The inspection form asks for moisture readings with locations and instruments, because that is what a competent record looks like
- Observations are kept separate from conclusions, because a damp patch is a fact and its cause is a judgement
- A technician can record "further investigation needed" instead of being forced into a cause they cannot yet stand behind
- Condensation is never treated as automatically the tenant's doing
- Cases stay open through 7, 30 and 90-day checks, because damp comes back
What is not being claimed
This is a damp technician's software, built to solve a problem that is well understood from the inside. It is not a law firm, a security consultancy or a large supplier.
- DampFix Scotland has no endorsement, approval or affiliation from the Scottish Government, the Scottish Housing Regulator, or any local authority.
- It is not yet deployed with a live customer. Founding pilot places are open.
- The statutory timescales in the product are confirmed against the published instrument, but a solicitor's review is still outstanding before any customer relies on them.
- Nothing on this website is legal advice.
Where something is not finished, this website says so — on the security page, the accessibility statement and the procurement page in particular. Anyone being asked to trust a supplier with tenant information should be told the gaps before they have to ask.
Why Scotland only
Scotland has its own housing legislation, its own tribunal, its own regulator and its own public holiday calendar, and the differences are material rather than cosmetic. Scottish working days are not English working days: Scotland observes 2 January and St Andrew's Day, and takes the summer bank holiday on the first Monday in August rather than the last. Many Scottish local authorities also keep local trades holidays that appear on no national list.
Software built for the English market and pointed at Scotland will therefore return incorrect statutory deadlines — quietly, consistently, and to the landlord's disadvantage. The error surfaces at the worst possible moment, which is when a date is disputed.
Serving one jurisdiction accurately is worth considerably more than serving four approximately.
Happy to talk, whether or not you buy anything
If you are working out what the 2026 duties mean for your organisation, that is a conversation worth having on its own. No pressure either way.