Patrick Maloney spake thus:

I was just looking at an upstairs 2BR flat that was visually beautiful.
All new super-modern kitchen, beautiful two-tone paint throughout. Garage
and washer/dryer (not just the hookups) were included.

However...there is this menthol-ish smell that is present throughout the
place. The owners assured me there were no cats/smokers in there
previously, but I'm not so sure. I looked at another place many years ago
that was similar and turned out it was owned by a lady with like 100 cats
that ****ed everywhere.

Is there any product used to cover up either odor that might have a
menthol-ish odor? I realize it's difficult to ask this without actually
experiencing it, but I'm hoping there's some commonly used product that has
this smell.

Note that the place has nice (apparently redone) wood floors.

Dunno what the smell is. (As someone else suggested, you should have
uploaded a sample to MySmell.com.)

But in general, I don't see why this should stop you from taking an
otherwise desireable place. When I moved in my place, it had a vague but
oddly strong smell throughout that I could never identify. Not extremely
objectionable, but just bad enough to be annoying. It went away after a
few months.

Cleaning stuff can do wonders, too. Who knows? maybe it's the residual
odor of the floor varnish.


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