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Tyler Flagg
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  • Pensacola, FL
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Flipping a cat infested property

Tyler Flagg
  • Investor
  • Pensacola, FL
Posted

Hey everyone,

I walked through a pretty run-down house the other day that was completely infested with cats. It looked like something out of the TV show "Hoarders." The (formerly) nice wooden floors were soaked with cat urine and the place smelled exactly as you would expect it to. 

I have two questions.

1) Is it ever possible to get the wooden floors cleaned up and serviceable? Or would I need to cut my losses and just replace them all?

2) When it comes to flipping a house that smells absolutely terrible, can a deep deep clean solve the problem? Or does it need to be gutted and have all of the walls replaced?

Thanks for any insight you can provide. Thanks!

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