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Does Your New Home Have a Bad Smell?

By , About.com Guide   July 29, 2010

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A few years ago, I moved into a new apartment thinking I'd managed to secure the perfect place, only to find that the place had a really bad smell. It was horrible and while I tried to air out the space, nothing seemed to work. I contacted the landlord, who swore that he left the place clean, only to discover hours later that he'd forgotten to throw out a garbage bag that he'd inadvertently left on the top shelf of the bedroom closet (it contained contents of the old tenant's refrigerator).

Yuck!

But I was lucky. Sometimes your new home can have a bad stench that's hard to locate and get rid of. Find out how to do both so that you won't regret all those days spent packing and moving.

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August 6, 2010 at 6:00 am
(1) Moving central :

A place where you intent to shift soon needs to be thoroughly clean or else the very spirit of moving dies after the relocation. In many cases when the people gets shifted in new address they found the place to be an utter mess. To avoid so ask you relocation providing company to clean it up for you before you arrive.

September 13, 2010 at 3:57 am
(2) olympiarelocationinc :

Before shift in a new appartment, it need to be clean. If their is lots of dust & spread bad smell from anywhere, that is really intolerable. I have experience with an chicago moving company. They provide really good moving service.

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