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Even when people are aware of an You should also give your house a
odour they should deal with, they thorough cleaning. This is probably a
often think that masking it with good idea even if there's no distinct
candles, potpourri, or air fresheners is smell. If you're a good cleaner, this
a good solution. It isn't. Even though involves just a little time and elbow
they smell nice, doing this can trigger grease. If not, this is a great reason to
curiosity from buyers about the smells splurge and hire a cleaning crew to
you might be trying to hide. come in and freshen up.
The best thing to do is to eliminate the If that doesn't work, sometimes
source of the smell (if possible) prior to people have to replace carpeting or
putting the house on the market. repaint in order to eliminate
Obviously this isn't easy to do with extremely foul odours. Hopefully you
pets or teenage sons, but if and when won't have to go to that extreme. But
possible, get rid of the source. Like, if you do, it's worth the money
stop cooking tuna fish and onion because a house with a smell will not
sandwiches while smoking cigarettes. sell…
And maybe convince your stinky son
...at least not for as much or as
that camping outside in a tent with the
quickly as it might have.
dog would be loads of fun for a while.
(We kid, we kid.)
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