Eliminating animal odor

[Sam Leon]

I inherited a few tenants when I bought a multifamily property.

One of the units' existing tenant has two 60-75# dogs and a rabbit.  It's a 2/1 about 750SF.  She has been there for 2 years when I bought the property then she stayed on for two more years, total 4 years.  As existing tenants move out I have been replacing them with no pet tenants. 

Now the tenant with the two dog and one rabbit moved out, I am in the process of cleaning and refreshing the unit.

There is this musky animal odor inside the unit.  Not in a specific spot, but I can tell it's there.  It's not so noticeable when windows are open or central AC is blowing, but if I close the doors and leave the AC off for a day and come back in I notice it immediately when I open the door.

I have mopped the floor with Pine Sol and sprayed counter tops and window sills with Lysol, the odor was "masked" but didn't go away.

Are there any "odor eater" products out there I can use?

[Shaun C.]

Have you tried an ozone machine? Buy one big enough to shock treat the unit and make sure to have fans circulating the air and no one in the unit during those times. I used to run a detailing business and we used this all the time and it worked great.