Richmond upon Thames has one of the higher-end housing stocks in London — Georgian and Victorian villas in Richmond, Twickenham, Kew and Hampton, Edwardian terraces in Teddington and Whitton, riverside cottages and former workers' housing along the Thames, and small pockets of post-war estate stock in Ham and Hampton.
Richmond's Georgian and Victorian villas — many subdivided into flats — show the classic period-property mould patterns of cold solid walls, basement damp and chimney-breast condensation. The Thames-proximate cottages in Strawberry Hill, Hampton Wick and along the river frequently show rising damp where DPCs have been compromised by ground levels rising over time. The Hampton estates show 1960s system-built bedroom mould.
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has a relatively small social housing portfolio compared to inner London, but Richmond Housing Partnership, Clarion and L&Q operate locally. The borough's private rental market is concentrated in the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of Twickenham and Teddington, where pre-let mould remediation is the most common driver of work.
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