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I just came from an inspection of a vacant home where they had those plug in room deodorizers. They had two in every bedroom, one in each bathroom, two in the kitchen, in the hallways, three in the living room, and two in the dining room.
I was overwhelmed by the odor as soon as I walked in. It wasn't long before I had a splitting headache.
They didn't have a wet crawlspace, or any mold problems, but maybe they had pet odors or something of that nature.
It was disgusting.
Sorry for the rant, but really, what could they have been thinking?
By the way, my inspection was for someone that was thinking of making an offer, they hadn't yet. Not sure they will.
I just came from an inspection of a vacant home where they had those plug in room deodorizers. They had two in every bedroom, one in each bathroom, two in the kitchen, in the hallways, three in the living room, and two in the dining room.
I was overwhelmed by the odor as soon as I walked in. It wasn't long before I had a splitting headache.
They didn't have a wet crawlspace, or any mold problems, but maybe they had pet odors or something of that nature.
It was disgusting.
Sorry for the rant, but really, what could they have been thinking?
By the way, my inspection was for someone that was thinking of making an offer, they hadn't yet. Not sure they will.
I took buyers in one house (wife was pregnant) and the vanilla scent was so overpowering she almost vomited. We had to leave after about a minute in the house.
I'm always telling my sellers, no plug-ins. They are nasty.
Last edited by Silverfall; 03-05-2012 at 01:48 PM..
Reason: Typo
The "clean means clean NOT covered up" mantra is lost on some people. The benefits of some the "odor neutrilizer" type products (like Expel, Renuzit and Febreeze) can help with subtle pet odor issues and such, but once you have a "zoo like" level of yuckiness you have got to get carpets cleaned or removed...
And the problem, Manderly, is that quite often that is NOT the case. Some people like scent. I have a dear friend whose car has such a strong scent of her perfume, I insist we use my car. And I had to ask her to please cut down the perfume as it was giving me headaches.
Just like some people can't hear as well as others and some can't see as well as others,
some can't smell as well as others. It takes a lot more stimulation to get a sensation.
I have an uncle who was asked on a plane "did you take a bath in that cologne?"
He often smells like he did. He just doesn't get it.
We went in one that smelled like cat $h!t... we were thinking why would a person want to sell if they took no effort to try to sell, an effort which includes either ridding the cat smell totally (more expensive way) or at least masking it (less expensive way). Needless to say, many buyers were turned off by that smell as that place weren't sold for a year plus and that is in a seek after neighbourhood.
Visual is as important as the smell.
Some might be turned off as a buyer with too sensitive as an overpowering plugin... some might not be. So with a plug in it leaves a 50-50 chance, if no special discount is in place.
Now... I would most possibly say "NObody" would want to buy a home smelling aweful of animal pee & dirty human odor (think hoarder) unless there is a huge discount in place to remedy the problem.
Which way would a potential seller choose to do?
If looking at both sides of the coin, or stories from whose end?
Some people think if one is good, then twenty is even better.
When I was looking at homes to buy there were days I cursed out HGTV and what they have done to America's RE
Seriously though, the HGTV shows have influenced buyers/sellers about RE and not all in good ways.
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