Charlie MacPherson
Assault and Battery by Cat Pee.
I have a house I'm listing for sale and the seller is a friend of a friend. His cat, however, is no friend of mine.My client has gone nose-blind to the horrific smell. When I say "smell", I mean "stench of ammonia a...
Andrew Ferris
Rehabing smokers apartment
Bought a 5-plex 6 months ago. Previous owner lived in one unit and chain smoked for 30 years. I have rehabbed all the units, but can’t get the cigarette smoke out of that unit. I’ve redone the floors, painted the wall...
Nathan Gesner
How to deal with smoke-stained walls/ceiling
I just bought an apartment complex. One of the units was occupied for nearly 30 years by a chain smoker. He had a stroke one week after I bought the place and his family is cleaning out the apartment. SIDE NOTE: This ...
Mats Daniel Skrede
Mold issue after tenant
Hello, We have some mold on the drywall after some tenants moved out. They told us that they had attempted to wash it away, but it came back. We got some mold inspectors to check on it and they told us that it is prob...
Ed Soniat
Refrigerator damaged when power cut to condo.
Who is responsible for the cost of replacing the refrigerator damaged when the power was cut off to a rented condo.Our tenant reported that the power to her unit was cut off at an unsecured switch next to the meter wh...
John Franczyk
Getting rid of the cat smells
I've seen a number of posts on BR about houses that have bad aromas from trash, dead animals, etc., but I haven't found the best advice yet on getting rid of cat smells. Here's the situation:3 BR 1 bath SFR in wester...
Sean Wilkinson
I have a great little airbnb.... Only thing is :-(
It smells like smoke....
It was previously an apartment with animals and and a smoker. We did a pretty major rehab on the place pulling up all flooring, doing an a.chemical wash on the wall. Tried doing a kills prime...
Just Don
How do you evict bats?
I have a one story OLD (Complete with square nails)rental house I have been trying to replace some rotten siding and sheathing on. I took off some on cold north side and find bats all the way down to the bottom of ma...
Jeff J.
Getting rid of smoke smell in a carpet?
We just turned an apartment previously occupied by a heavy smoker. We primed and repainted the whole place and washed the carpet (tide and bleach) but there is still a smoke smell probably from the carpet (and maybe ...
Jeff J.
getting rid of the smoke smell?
I have an apartment that was completely painted and a new carpet put in a year ago. The tenant is moving out and was a HEAVY smoker. I will be washing the carpet but can I get the smell out of the apartment wit...