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Post by momstime on Jun 27, 2014 18:52:12 GMT
We found a house that we are interested in buying, but when we walked in the front door the cigarette smell nearly knocked us out. So, I'm thinking "I wonder how difficult it will be to remove the smoke smell from this place, because DANG this is an awesome house...and I know, I'll ask the peas." Imagine my horror when I logged on to twopeas only to find out the boards were closed!!! Terror. I was now faced with using google for my information. Do you know how stupid google can be? Sigh
#nopeasprobs
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Post by Peamac on Jun 27, 2014 18:56:22 GMT
We found a house like that. The homeowner said she only ever smoked outside, but I was not about to rip up carpets, etc to get rid of the smell (only to have it come back on damp, rainy days). We didn't even consider buying it. If it was a really strong smell you noticed right as you walked in the door, I don't think you'd be able to really get rid of the stink. Oh, and welcome to the refupea camp!  |
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Post by Mary_K on Jun 27, 2014 19:00:55 GMT
My in-laws bought a house that had three adult smokers - heavy smokers!
I couldn't believe the stench walking in it and couldn't believe they bought it even though the price was so low - I think it was so low because of the smell knocking you over at first entry.
But, they replaced all the carpets, had ALL the walls professionally sealed and painted, did a ton more cleaning, and now, you'd never know someone smoked in there!
Mary K
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Post by momstime on Jun 27, 2014 19:01:38 GMT
I completely agree, peamac! When we realized we would have to remove all the flooring, prime and paint every wall and ceiling, seal the subfloors, replace the kitchen cabinets, clean the duct work, possibly replace the furnace and A/C and the attic insulation...among a host of other fixes, we said buh bye. Why would anyone smoke in their home? I felt so badly for that couple. They just flushed their biggest investment down the toilet.
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Post by rumplesnat on Jun 27, 2014 19:10:32 GMT
I can't imagine not having to at least get new carpeting and majorly sealing/repainting to get rid of the smell if it was that noticeable when you walked in. I am a former smoker and am MORTIFIED at how strong the cigarette smell could have been on me and my home/belongings without knowing it at the time. Gross.
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Post by fruitysuet on Jun 27, 2014 19:21:19 GMT
I couldn't do it. I don't mind renovating but in my own time as and when money allows. Something like that you would have to do everything up front before moving in. Also I have a couple of pieces of furniture from my parents (chain smokers at the time) and even now after leaving outdoors and scrubbing well, when you open the cupboard doors the smell has lingered.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jun 27, 2014 21:34:53 GMT
We bought a house that had been smoked in for 5 years. We had the ducts cleaned, the carpets cleaned, and everything washed and painted. It took several times of washing the windows to get the orange film off of them. Yuk. And all of that definitely made the house livable. Just walking in, people couldn't tell, neither could we. But if the house had been closed up all day, no one going in and out, then when you walked in it smelled like an old hotel room.
It wasn't until we replaced the carpets a few years later that that went away.
So no, it wouldn't stop me from buying a house I otherwise loved, if I knew that I could immediately do everything to it, including replacing the carpets.
Now, pet smells? That's a deal breaker.
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Post by melissak on Jun 28, 2014 1:10:08 GMT
I think it would require a ton of work to replace the floors, paint, clean, etc. And even after all the work potentially it could still smell like smoke. Than what?
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Post by alissa103 on Jun 28, 2014 1:22:26 GMT
Our first house was part of an estate sale. The sons were selling their mom's home. She had smoked in it but they had already had the carpets cleaned when they showed the house and that made a huge difference. It was a great house, but stuck in the 70s. We knew we were going to be painting every surface, ripping out wallpaper, and ripping out all the carpet anyway, so we used Kilz as the primer (mentioned above) for the walls and ceilings. We also cleaned all the fixtures and woodwork. Some of them we used an orange cleaner on because it was really yellowy on some surfaces. Miracle worker.
After all of that, no one would have had a clue a smoker ever lived there. It helped that we had a month left on our apartment lease so we were able to do the carpet ripping and all the painting/priming before moving in. So none of our stuff got that smell. After all of that, it smelled like a new house, actually.
BUT. It was a TON. And I mean A TON of work. I will never do it again! But we were young and had no money, so it was the best option for us to get a great house at the time. We made a profit when we had to move for DH's job a few years later, so it was worth it.
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Post by KikiPea on Jun 28, 2014 1:35:53 GMT
There is NO way I could buy a house that smelled like smoke, no matter how cute it was. We walked into a couple and were only there a few minutes. No matter how clean it was when we moved in, I just couldn't accept knowing how gross it was, especially since I'm allergic to smoke.
Unless this was THE PERFECT location, there will always be another cute house.
Luckily for me, the ones we looked out weren't even on our radar of what we really wanted. So it was no big loss.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Jun 28, 2014 1:39:01 GMT
We lived in a house that had smokers, and Kilz took care of it.
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Post by oktrae on Jun 28, 2014 2:16:54 GMT
I just walked back out of houses that reeked of smoke and those with cats which also had carpet. My allergies are the boss of me.
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