How Do You Get The Smell Of Death Out Of A House? (floors, colors)
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Someone local recently asked a similar question on a community board & was told to contact the police for a list of "crime scene" cleaners, even though it wasn't a crime scene, but someone fell & passed away.
Unsure if it were a guess, but I just wanted to mention it.
I also know there are machines called ionizers. I've never seen one, but perhaps one can be rented from a home improvement store? They're sometimes used in apartments to remove smoke or cooking smells that are strong & left behind when a tenant moves out. I know someone who was a property manager who said sometimes they'd leave one on for 24 hours.
If you can't find the info you need, let me know & I'll ask my apt mngr. I'm sure people have passed away in units & been found weeks later when rent was due.
It’s going to take two different companies to ameliorate the mess. The crime scene guys have the means to remove the offending issues. Which could mean they are cutting out carpet, possibly removing floors down to subfloor, drywall, that’s what they do. Removal. And then you’re going to have to hire a contractor to replace all stuff the the crime scene people took out. The crime scene people don’t fix, they remove.
It’s interesting the things you find out when you’re friends with a person who writes murder mysteries, invite you to go to things where they have people to come in and talk about this stuff.
I know a fellow who worked for Servpro and did it. Yes, they do. The cost is significant but absolutely worth it. Training, bunny suits, chemicals, ozone, tear-outs, you don't want to know.
The small of death of so very bad that the scent is in-describle, simply indescribelabe, but if you have never smelled it, if you do and dont know, youd know. (f that makes sense)
I had to verify my long lost uncle in his apartment a few summers ago, it was in August, 110 degrees, humid yadda, yadda, the stench was so bad from the elevator all the way to his floor (5).
the apartment smell was so bad, I remember the rookie police officer vomiting out the window, yes, it was that bad.
I'm sure the apartment has long since been fully gutted, etc...
but, another poster mentioned it seeping into floorboards etc, something that isn't easy to clean. I guess the floors would have to be ripped up, etc.
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my father passed away in my childhood bedroom, natural causes, when we sold the house 2 years later as my mother then died as well (hospital) we did not disclose to anyone that he died in the bedroom. I'd think you wouldn't have to, unless it is a murder that was publicised, or something to that effect.
and another poster stated there are companies that remedy this type of situation, so that's a good thing. I wonder what you would call a company that does that? if there is a term for it?
I don't feel like googling now....
I bought a really stinky house before. It was animal smells, but it was baddddd. (pets and mice)
We pulled up all the carpets, and my guy rented a floor sander and sanded all the sub-floors. Then covered them with several coats of some type of sealant before we put our flooring down over it.
And before we moved in, we hired a janitorial service that used some type of ozone cleaning. It was good by the time we moved in. Don't know if this helps.
I bought a really stinky house before. It was animal smells, but it was baddddd. (pets and mice)
We pulled up all the carpets, and my guy rented a floor sander and sanded all the sub-floors. Then covered them with several coats of some type of sealant before we put our flooring down over it.
And before we moved in, we hired a janitorial service that used some type of ozone cleaning. It was good by the time we moved in. Don't know if this helps.
I bought one too........concrete floors/covered in carpet. Gutted it and every night after we were done working/ I'd bleach the floors with straight bleach. A month later it didn't stink anymore.
Also keep in mind, dead body or not an older persons apartment will likely stink anyway.
At least in Texas, deaths from natural causes do not have to be disclosed.
There are companies that take care of this issue. It's not all that rare.
There was requirement on the RE disclosure contract we signed before selling our house 2 yrs ago that asking about ANY deaths in the house—
Our son had cancer and was living with us the year before we sold
If he had died at home we would have had to disclose it on the form
Some people are just superstitious about buying home where someone has died
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