We bought a second home seven years ago, and for seven years this house has a terrible, vomit odor, with a faint under chemical-like odor. I burn scented candles all the time, keep windows open, and have cleaned everything in the house I'm able to, even having the vents professionally cleaned, but the smell never goes away.
We intended this home to be a vacation spot, where we could entertain. The kids don't even want to go up there, or bring there friends, and I don't blame them. Short of selling it, any ideas? Are there companies that will investigate to find the source of the odor?
By Susan H.
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You don't mention if you've removed the carpet and tile, so if you haven't, then pull up the carpet and tile. You may need to do that even if you have replaced the carpet, linoleum, etc. You may even want to replace the counter tops in the the bathroom and kitchen.
While you have the surfaces exposed go to a chemical supply company and look for a commercial pet odor remover. Even if you don't see any spots where something was spilled or leaked or whatever, spray, spray, spray the commercial pet odor remover. I don't remember the name of what I used, but I cleaned out a really nasty foreclosure for someone once upon a time, and that commercial pet odor remover really worked. You have to get a commercial odor remover though; buying something anyplace but at a chemical supply company won't work.
Having just moved from a huge lake area after livivg there for 19 years, we have heard and seen almost everything. You didn't mention having a crawl space or basement so I will throw some ideas out there: previous owners - meth labs; someone died by accident (or not) and blood seeped through flooring to crawl space? - septic tank is 50 gallon drum- vacation home built with used items like furnace from meth home - black mold from high humidity.
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