Riga is not one kind of building stock — a pre-war house, a Soviet-era panel block and a new build hold damp in completely different ways.
We handle sanitary treatment of premises: mould removal, odour removal, ozone treatment and disinfection after flooding, illness or a long spell standing empty. Properties range from flats and private houses to offices, shops, warehouses, production floors and public institutions.
In Riga we start with an inspection. Not because it is a procedure, but because in this city the same symptom — a patch in a corner, a smell in the stairwell — means completely different things in different buildings. If the source of the damp stays where it is, treatment is a half-solution with a limited shelf life, and we say so before the work, not after.
In Riga the first thing we establish is the type and age of the building — that tells us more than a description of the symptom over the phone.
A dense historic centre, wide Soviet-era housing districts, detached-house neighbourhoods on the edge and industrial and port areas all sit side by side. They are not one market and not one kind of job. What follows is what we check first in each of them — not a claim that it applies everywhere.
A practical example from a panel block: a dark patch in the corner of a bedroom's external wall behind a wardrobe, with the smell noticeable only in that room. The moisture reading in the corner is clearly higher than in the middle of the same wall. That is condensation, not a leak. Treatment removes the growth, but if the wardrobe stays pressed against the external wall, the patch will be back after the heating season.
In a pre-war house the same patch more often means water arriving from outside, or a chimney draught that has dried up — and then the answer is a different one.
In Riga what actually changes a call-out is not distance but access: courtyards behind locked gates, parking restrictions in the centre, bridges and Daugava crossings, narrow stairwells with no lift. None of that changes the price, but it does change how much equipment we can get to the door and what time of day it is sensible to work.
Along the banks of the Daugava and in some low-lying areas it is worth checking the basement too — not because there is always a problem there, but because the basement is the place a smell rises from, up the riser, to appear in a flat that has no cause of its own. Separately on that: mould in the basement.
By property type the most common are flats and private houses, but in Riga a large share of the work is commercial — offices, shops, warehouses and production floors in the port and industrial areas. There the job is defined not by floor area but by how long the space may be left empty and what stays inside it.
In Riga, calls about mould in flats cluster in the heating season, and the mechanism is simple: windows are shut, the air indoors is warmer and damper than outside, and water vapour condenses on the coldest surfaces. In summer the same wall is dry. If the patch disappears in summer and returns in winter, it is condensation, not a leak.
A dried-out trap is the most common cause of a sewage smell and is not a disinfection matter.
Hold a thin strip of paper against the ventilation grille in the kitchen and the bathroom. If it does not move, there is no draught.
Air behind a wardrobe does not move, and that corner is the coldest point in the room.
If it changes with the seasons, that helps separate condensation from a leak.
Pre-war house, panel block or new build — that is where our inspection plan starts.
What we do not do on any property in Riga: we do not fit insulation, replace windows, lay waterproofing, install ventilation or repair a shared riser. Those are building works or the property manager's responsibility. We also do not assess the condition of load-bearing structures — if the damage goes deeper than the finishes, we advise bringing in a structural specialist.
The price list is the same for everyone, but the final sum for the same number of square metres can differ. In Riga four things usually account for it, and none of them is a secret — it is worth knowing them before you enquire.
| Circumstance | What it changes |
|---|---|
| Area and number of rooms | The base price. For mould we charge by the area treated, from €1.50/m², minimum from €80. |
| Whether finishes must come off | If the growth is under a skirting board, a panel or the bottom edge of plasterboard, the area to be treated is larger than the visible patch. |
| Whether drying is needed | Treating wet material is pointless. It may mean a second visit. |
| Floor, lift and courtyard | Carrying equipment up stairs and a gated courtyard change the time spent on site, not the price list. |
What to prepare before we arrive: clear access to the walls with patches, take belongings out of the basement compartment if the work is there, move house plants and pets out, and tell us where a vehicle can be parked. Nobody is in the rooms during treatment; how long they stay out of use runs from a few hours to half a day depending on method and area, plus airing. We give you the specific figure before the work, not after it.
Riga has 58 official neighbourhoods, and the building stock varies between them more than it does between many separate towns. Twenty of them have their own page covering what specifically changes the work there — the rest we serve in exactly the same way, just without a page of their own.
If your neighbourhood has no page of its own, that changes nothing about availability or price. Below are the remaining Riga neighbourhoods with a short characterisation — we work there too, and travel within the city limits is included in the price.
Whatever the neighbourhood, the principle is one and the same: work out where the damp or the smell is coming from, and only then talk about treatment. Please give the address when you enquire — in Riga, access, courtyard and parking affect planning far more than distance does.
One-room flat from €55, two-room from €65, three-room from €75, four-room from €85, private house from €95. Commercial premises up to 100 m² €1.20/m², 100–300 m² €0.90/m², 300–1000 m² €0.70/m². Mould: inspection from €40, treatment from €1.50/m², minimum from €80. Ozone treatment €1.20/m², minimum €60.
Within Riga travel is included in the price; outside Riga a surcharge applies depending on distance. Riga is also the starting point for call-outs into the surrounding region — for instance Marupe, Jurmala and Salaspils. All prices →
Yes — from the centre out to Bolderaja, Plavnieki, Bergi and the Daugava islands. What differs in practice is not price but access: gated courtyards, parking restrictions in the centre and bridge crossings all affect how a call-out is planned, so tell us the address and the access arrangements when you book the time.
No. Within the city limits travel is included in the price. Outside Riga there is a surcharge depending on distance — we give the exact figure once we know the address.
We can, but the order then has to be agreed with the property manager or the owners' association, because the basement, the stairwell and the ventilation riser are common property. A flat owner can order treatment only inside their own flat; if the cause sits in a communal part, we record that in the inspection description so you have something to take to the manager.
Describe the situation — we will tell you whether treatment is needed at all, and which one.
Fill in the form — we will call you on the number you provide, ask a few clarifying questions and propose a solution.
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