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Jeff Howard
  • Edmond, OK
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Bad smell in potential rental property

Jeff Howard
  • Edmond, OK
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All, 

Looking at a house that has a bad smell in it, they had dogs and a smoker.  The carpet is pretty rough so I am going to pull that and put nice woodlike tile down.  

The question is this, if I pull the carpet and carpet pad, will that take the smell with it?  I don't want to put up money if I can't get red of the smell.

It looks to have been recently repainted.

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Al Wilson
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  • Daphne, AL
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Al Wilson
  • Investor
  • Daphne, AL
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The latter. Cigarette smoke should not be quite that involved, but I would be careful. Smells are hard to get rid of and it is impossible to rent or sell a house that has residual smells. You might want to go on to the next one.

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