First House Hack - Kitchen Exhaust Ventilation

[Rob Tepe]

Hello!

My wife and I just bought our first MF and will begin house hacking this Spring when our renovation is done. The downstairs tenants are locked into a lease for a year so we cannot update that unit till 2024.  We noticed when they cook downstairs, the smell immediately fills our unit upstairs and is incredibly strong.  We were planning to install a hood and properly ducting it to the outside when we do the reno.  Currently it just has the stove fan that re circulates the air in the kitchen.  

My question is, do you think installing a good exhaust fan and properly venting to the outside will solve the problem?  Is this something we can install now easily with the tenant in there?  Any other ideas to help prevent the smell from permeating our unit? Any thoughts or Do's & Dont's for a house hack rehab are greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Rob