Smelly houses

[NoMercy]

Do you know anyone with a smelly house?

One of the smells that turn my stomach is the smell of chip fat when you walk through the door. OH is picking up a takeaway on the way home and I volunteered to cook some prawns crackers - the first time I have deep fried anything here. Now I am hyper-aware of the smell of fat in the house and I have opened all the doors to eradicate the smell.

If I smoke, I always smoke outdoors. There is nothing worse than walking into a stinky house.

Do you worry about your house smelling?

[erin-x]

My mum is very concious about it, especially since she stopped smoking as she can now smell it from my dad. Our house is now full of candles, oils and reed diffusers! Lol :-)

[Teddy_boy]

Do owners houses always smell of dogs. The owners dont notice it , same with cats. Though they do get rather upset if you point this out to them , the fact remains.

[cazzz1975]

the smell at my neighbours house used to take your breath away, the main culprit was a strong smell of wet dog and cigarettes, anything they gave you smelt of the same thing as well.

[Zhukov]

We have no deep fryer,or cook kippers,for the same reason!

[NoMercy]

I forgot to empty the mop bucket a couple of days ago and left it in the utility room. I could smell it in when I came home.

[Booldawg]

yes, my in laws - the place is filthy. The smell of incontinent animals hits you like a punch in the face on entering the front door. The house is cluttered and messy.

As they live 500 miles away its always a case of having to stay over. We visited a few weeks back and my dog came back smothered in fleas, just cost me over £110 at the vets to get him right.

[craft1948]

My house probably stinks, what with my smoking and the dog being wet and farting...................strangely it never stops people coming round.

[B00]

you fart alot Crafty?

[Purple_Popple]

A friend's house always reeks when I visit, usually stale fried food smell, fried onions..it make me want to urge....I try not to go over if I have just washed my hair as it just gets into your hair and clothes so you end up carrying the stink away with you !

[craft1948]

Yes B00.............but I blame the dog.

[Ouzel]

As someone who smokes and has a cat, I shouldn't really say anything ......
BUT I hate the smell of stale garlic in someone's home.

[NoMercy]

Lol Craft... were you hoping to deter them?

Bool... Not nice! :-(

[cazzz1975]

my neighbours dog used to roll around in the garden which was a mudpit and was also his toilet, then come back the house and lie on the furniture, no one used to bath him, hence the really bad smell.

I have been in other dog owners houses, there is a dog smell yes but it didnt blindside your sense of smell.

[NoMercy]

The smell of garlic I can can handle. It's the smell of stale chip fat I heave at.

[old-wos-is-name]

I went to a house where the old owners had somewhere around 50 cats. they had tipped a sack of cat litter onto the kitchen floor and let the cats do their business there, and it looked like it hadn't be cleaned up for a year. they also had a parrot on an open perch, and there was a pile of poo a foot high under the perch, on the floor of the living room. I had gone there to fix a phone ( I worked for BT). I made an excuse about the overhead wire coming in from the back garden, opened the back door and legged it, gasping for air.
oh, happy memories!

[craft1948]

I do smoke in the house and have smelly candles and air fresheners on the go. The curtains are Febreezed to death. I never have stale cooking smells as the extractor fan could chew the dog up if he's in the wrong place.

[Zhukov]

Any scent of smelly feet in a place -I must leave - how can anyone not know they have a problem.?

[funnygirl]

The last time I cooked a curry, the smell lingered for about 3 days. I was constantly spraying and lighting candles.

[Postdog]

When I was a postman there were some houses I dreaded knocking at because they smelt so bad when they opened the door it would hit you like a brick wall. Even outside the door in the fresh air wasn't enough to prevent you reeling.

[missprim]

One of my neighbours has 2 dogs and she has no sense of smell. A few weeks ago she asked me outright, Does my house smell? I really didn't know what to say but just then one of the dogs did a bottom burp so I just told her that.