Social housing & care providers
Void turnarounds and mould response under one lease
Housing associations, local authorities and care groups are working to statutory expectations on damp, mould and infection control. A leased machine covers void property turnarounds, post-remediation treatment and care home outbreak response with one trained team and one predictable monthly cost.
Built around your operation
What leasing looks like here
- Void property turnarounds
- Treat the whole property before re-let, including lofts, bathrooms and kitchens, with a record on the file.
- Damp, mould and Awaab's Law readiness
- Social landlords must investigate and remedy serious damp and mould hazards inside statutory timeframes, with records to prove it, and those duties widen further through 2026–27. A machine in your own repairs team means a property is treated when the report lands, not when a contractor has a slot.
- Reach the spores wiping misses
- Wiping and painting treats only the surface you can see. A dry fog fills the room volume and settles behind furniture, in cupboards, around window reveals and in ceiling voids where spores persist. It treats the contamination — ventilation, insulation and building fabric still need remedying, and we say so plainly.
- Safe in an occupied home
- SanoChem is odour-free and breaks down to water and oxygen — no bleaching of fabrics or décor and no lingering smell for the tenant to complain about.
- Care home outbreaks
- Norovirus, flu and C. difficile handled the same day by your own staff instead of waiting for a contractor.
- Bedrooms and soft furnishings
- Mattresses, chairs and curtains are treated in place — no removal, no laundering delay.
- Evidence for complaints and audit
- Cycle logs, dated certificates and photographs give a defensible record when a case is escalated or inspected.
Typically treated
Spaces we would cover
- Void and re-let properties
- Mould-affected bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens
- Care home bedrooms and lounges
- Communal corridors, lifts and laundries
- Bathrooms, wet rooms and sluices
- Sheltered and supported living schemes
Organisms of concern
What usually matters here
- Norovirus and C. difficile
- Black mould and damp-related spores
- Influenza and respiratory viruses
- Scabies and skin infections
SanoChem is tested to EN 14476, EN 1276, EN 1650 and related standards, with up to 99.9999% reduction achievable under validated conditions.
On site versus called out
The savings chart for this sector
What one rooms / void actually costs you
One machine comfortably treats up to 5 rooms per hour depending on their size. But for example, consider two a day — around 60 rooms / voids a month — with no per-treatment fee. Divide the monthly rent by what you treat, add the chemical used, and that is your true cost.
£500 monthly rent + VAT ÷ 60 = £8.33 each
+ SanoChem used (from £15 / litre + VAT)
≈ £10–£12 per treatment + VAT
Indicative figures based on a standard 36-month lease from £450–£550 per month + VAT. Your exact figures depend on machine, volume and site count.
Against calling someone out
- Leased machine, your operator
- 5 minutes to start
- ≈ £10–£12 + VAT per treatment
- Any external provider
- 6–24 hours to arrive
- £495–£1,095 + VAT per attended visit
The saving is only half the point: at this cost you stop rationing treatment and start planning it.
Work it out for your site
Fogger ROI calculator
Enter your own treatment volumes, rent, chemical use, call-out fee and the cost of an hour of closure. The calculator shows your true cost per treatment, your monthly and annual saving against reactive call-outs, and how many avoided call-outs cover the lease.
Your figures
Fogger ROI calculator for housing & care
Change any figure to match your operation. Everything is shown excluding VAT. Hover themarkers if you are unsure what a figure means.
Your result
What the machine returns
Cost per treatment with a leased machine
£12.08
£725 a month ÷ 60 treatments, chemical included, + VAT
- Leased machine, monthly
- £725
- Reactive call-outs + downtime, monthly
- £2,290
- Saving a month
- £1,565
- Saving a year
- £18,780
- Return on the monthly cost
- 216%
- Break-even
- 1.0 call-outs a month
Indicative only, excluding VAT, based on a 36–48 month lease from £450–£550 per month + VAT and SanoChem from £15 per litre + VAT (100 litre annual minimum). Downtime value is your own figure. We will confirm exact costs once we know your machine, volumes and site count.
Example case study
How this tends to play out on site
The scenario below is an example, not a named client. It is built from the situations we are most often asked about in this sector so you can see how a leased machine fits into an existing routine.
Example case study — an illustrative, composite scenario written to show how a lease is typically used. It is not a report of named client work, and no figures here are a guarantee of results.
A housing provider treats damp, mould and voids inside its deadlines
Illustrative example: a registered provider managing around 4,000 homes
The problem
Damp and mould reports carry statutory investigation and remedy deadlines under Awaab's Law, and waiting for a contractor visit was consuming most of the available time.
How the lease was used
Two leased units are held by the repairs team. After the fabric cause is addressed, the affected rooms are treated and the visit is documented, with voids treated before re-let.
What changed in the example
- Treatment inside statutory investigation and remedy windows
- Voids treated before re-let rather than only on complaint
- Documented evidence for the case file and any ombudsman query
- Care schemes and communal areas treated on a preventative cycle
Why it stacks up
Why housing & care operators keep a machine on site
Whatever the sector, the reasons organisations keep a machine on site are the same: better press, better attendance, less downtime and a lower environmental cost than the alternatives.
- Preventative, not reactive
- Once the machine is yours there is no per-treatment fee, so preventative treatment becomes something you schedule during normal downtime rather than something you authorise after an outbreak.
- Peace of mind, future proofed
- Whatever the next virus or outbreak turns out to be, the capability is already on site and the preventative measures are already in the rota. You are not starting from scratch when the headlines change.
- No additional staff cost
- There is no new headcount. Responsible staff you already employ are trained by us, and the routine or emergency treatment simply becomes part of their existing job description and rota.
- 8kg, carried by one person
- The fogger weighs only 8kg and is carried by hand, so there are no wheels rolling contamination out of an infected area, it fits small rooms and large halls alike, and one trained person can deploy it in minutes.
- Certificates you can display
- Every treatment can be logged and issued as a disinfection certificate for reception, customer areas, tender packs or inspections — visible proof that preventative measures are being taken.
- Environmentally sound chemistry
- SanoChem is a hydrogen peroxide and silver formulation that breaks down to water and oxygen. Non-toxic in use, no harsh biocide handling and a genuinely defensible environmental story.
- No residue
- Nothing is left on surfaces, fabrics, food-contact areas or electronics. No rinsing, no wiping down afterwards, no taint or film.
- No waste output
- No run-off to drain, no contaminated water, no piles of wipes and no disposal costs to account for in your waste stream.
- Lower energy cost
- Cycles run in minutes rather than hours, so there is no all-day plant running, no prolonged lighting and heating of a closed area and a smaller carbon footprint per treatment.
- Quick turnaround, higher productivity
- Re-entry is typically inside the hour. Rooms, vehicles and production areas come back into use the same shift instead of being written off for the day.
- Fewer sick days
- Regular preventative treatment of the shared spaces people actually use — canteens, washrooms, offices, mess rooms — is what reduces absence, not treating only the high-risk rooms.
- Broad spectrum, all year round
- Effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi, mould and spores, so the same programme covers winter norovirus and flu, summer mould and humidity, and everything in between.
Peace of mind, made visible
Turn preventative treatment into something people can see
Every treatment can be logged and issued as a dated disinfection certificate to display in reception and customer areas. It reassures the people who use your premises, it helps future-proof you against whatever the next virus or outbreak turns out to be, and it shows inspectors and clients that preventative measures are part of the routine rather than a response to a problem.
- A repeatable damp and mould method
- Survey and record the moisture source, mitigate and remove contaminated material, fog the affected rooms, hand back with a completion record for the tenant and the file, then re-inspect and re-treat on your own schedule.
- Completion records tenants can see
- Issue a dated disinfection certificate at hand-back and display them in scheme reception and communal areas — visible proof that preventative treatment is routine rather than a response to a complaint.
Questions we are asked
Housing & care leasing: frequently asked questions
- How much does it cost to disinfect one rooms / void with a leased Sanondaf fogger?
- With a lease from £450–£550 per month + VAT and SanoChem from £15 per litre + VAT, treating around 60 rooms / voids a month works out at roughly £10–£12 per treatment + VAT. There is no per-treatment call-out fee, so the more you treat the lower the cost of each one. Use the ROI calculator on this page to enter your own volumes, rent and downtime cost.
- How quickly can housing & care sites respond to an outbreak with their own machine?
- Your trained operator can begin a treatment in about five minutes because the machine is already on site. Calling an external provider means reporting the incident, waiting for travel, site sign-in and equipment movement — realistically six to twenty-four hours.
- Who can lease a Sanondaf disinfection machine?
- Leasing is offered only to registered organisations that are approved for application, for use on their own sites by staff Sanondaf has trained. We do not lease to private individuals. Typical lease terms are 36 to 48 months and include operator training, two calibration visits and documentation for risk assessments.
- Is the disinfectant safe and environmentally friendly?
- SanoChem is a hydrogen peroxide and silver formulation that breaks down to water and oxygen, leaving no residue and no waste output to dispose of. It is non-corrosive and safe around electronics, and rooms are typically re-enterable in under an hour. It is tested to EN 14476, EN 1276, EN 1650 and related standards, with up to 99.9999% reduction achievable under validated conditions.
- Can we use the machine preventatively rather than only in an emergency?
- Yes — that is the main advantage of leasing. Because each treatment costs around £10–£12 + VAT rather than a call-out fee, housing & care operators schedule treatments into planned downtime and cover the everyday spaces too, not just the critical ones.
- Can we issue disinfection certificates to display in customer areas?
- Yes. Every treatment can be logged and issued as a dated disinfection certificate, so housing & care operators display them in reception, customer-facing areas, tender packs and inspection files — visible proof that preventative measures are routine rather than reactive.
- Does leasing mean employing extra staff?
- No. There is no additional staff cost and no new headcount. Responsible staff you already employ are trained by us, and the routine or emergency treatment becomes part of their existing job description and rota.
- How portable is the machine?
- The fogger weighs only 8kg and is carried by hand by one person, so there are no wheels rolling contamination out of an infected area. It fits small rooms and large halls alike and can be deployed within minutes.
- What is required at the start of the lease?
- Three months' rent is required upfront, along with a minimum initial SanoChem order of 100 litres unless otherwise authorised. Operator training and documentation are included.
- Is machine leasing available outside Shropshire and the West Midlands?
- Yes. Sanondaf has 12 offices across the UK plus a further six in Scotland, plus offices covering Northern Ireland, Wales, the Channel Islands, Iceland, Lebanon, Thailand, Malta, Mexico, South Africa and the USA — with more areas and countries opening every few months. If you are outside our region we will point you to the office that covers you.
- What if we are unsure how to handle a particular outbreak?
- We can attend with a couple of our own machines at a reduced rate to organise or supervise the response as a hybrid service, then hand it back to your trained operators.
Next step
Talk to the leasing team
We will size the machine to your volumes, set out the training your staff need and give you the documentation your risk assessments ask for. If you would rather see it done first, we can attend with machines at a reduced rate and supervise your first treatments.
Registered organisations only, approved for application, for use on their own sites.
Where we can lease
Leasing reaches further than Shropshire and the West Midlands
This is the Shropshire & West Midlands office, but Sanondaf is a network. If your group has sites elsewhere, a machine can very often be leased there too, with the same training, calibration and preventative treatment programme — so one policy covers every site rather than one region.
United Kingdom & Islands
- 12 offices across the UK, plus a further six in Scotland
- Coverage across many areas of Northern Ireland and Wales
- Channel Islands
International offices able to lease
- Iceland
- Malta
- Lebanon
- Thailand
- Mexico
- South Africa
- USA
New regions and countries are opening every few months. Tell us where your sites are and we will confirm what can be covered today.