sparklespanky 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2010 Hihi, I've recently bought a resale flat from a malay family and when we got our keys, it was in such a bad condition! Nothing like how the house seems when we went for viewing!!! I suspect that the last time they clean their house was early this year and till now they have NEVER clean their house! The house is SOOOOOOO oily and greasy plus super dusty! All the heavy duty intensive cooking resulted in sticky greasy stains in my entire kitchen! My entire kitchen now has this musky, mouldy smell. How do i get rid of this smell in my kitchen? we've already cleaned all the grease and dirt but this stale smell lingers in the kitchen. I've already tried moth balls, air freshener, baking soda, vingear etc... but cant seems to get rid of this smell. Anyone knows how to 'freshen' up the smell of my kitchen. Also, i found alot of ants in the kitchen despite having an empty house! We have already got rid of cockroaches in the house (we used up 2 cans of baygon!!) but we keep finding ants in the house. Which brand of ant killer do most of u use? Kindly recommend an effective ant killer.. Lastly, my horror story... my mbr parquet floor is stained with urine!!!!!! It was NOT like that when we view the house!!! we suspect that their cats pee on the parquet floor and now my house has a horrible urine smell! i've tried using baking soda + vinegar but the horrible urine smell still lingers in the house. Also bought some cat urine stain & smell remover from pet shop but unfortunately NOTHING works! Is there any way to get rid of this urine smell completely or do i have to hack my entire parquet flooring? Ive tried calling those paraquet flooring specialist but none of them can promise me if they can get rid of the urine smell completely when they polish / stain the floor. help help help.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neubie 2 Report post Posted October 19, 2010 you mean u not intending to reno the resale flat? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparklespanky 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2010 you mean u not intending to reno the resale flat? We are doing very minimal renovations because this house was newly renovated abt 2 years ago. It was also 1 of the reason why we bought it and paid high cov for it.. but the state of the house now is giving us alot of headache now. To hack and relaid the flooring will def stretch our budget. Juz very upset at the condition of the house now.. very irresponsible the previous owner!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neubie 2 Report post Posted October 19, 2010 We are doing very minimal renovations because this house was newly renovated abt 2 years ago. It was also 1 of the reason why we bought it and paid high cov for it.. but the state of the house now is giving us alot of headache now. To hack and relaid the flooring will def stretch our budget. Juz very upset at the condition of the house now.. very irresponsible the previous owner!!! that ex-owner is really too much... on hindsight, did u inspect the unit one day before 2nd appt and actual day? had u found out something is wrong, u can reject the takeover until they make good the condition as per valuation photos/conditions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blue_skies 3 Report post Posted October 20, 2010 (edited) I would think that if you give the whole house a new coat of paint, it would help to get rid of some of the smell, especially in the bedrooms and kitchen. Open up all the kitchen cabinets (and built in wardrobes, if any) to air for a week. Use a torchlight and check for areas in the cupboard where the wood may have given way and insects are hiding inside, especially cockroaches and ants. Any ant bait should work, you just sprinkle it around the areas that you see them and wait for about a week to see if the population decreases, and then you know it's working. You may also want to consider putting some cockroach traps in the house in case there are still anymore lurking around. The smell in the kitchen may also be coming from the manhole cover. This is the manhole where if you decide to wet wash the kitchen, the water would go into. If you know that you are never going to wet wash your kitchen, you can cover that hole temporarily using a tile or something, so that no smell comes out from there. To get rid of oil smells in the kitchen, you can also wipe down all the interior and exterior surface of the kitchen cabinets with a sponge & detergent. Then wipe it dry with a cloth. This will help to remove the layer of oil that has accumulated over the years. If that doesn't work, you can try using a glass cleaner (those spray bottle type) to remove the oil stains. I've tried this on kitchen cabinets (formica surface) as well as on cooker hoods and it worked for me. Try not to use Cif as it is abrasive and may scratch the metal surface of the hood. Oh, and depending on the type of tiles used in the kitchen, you may want to consider washing it with bleach coz it sounds like the previous owner probably didn't maintain the floors either. Did you try wiping down the parquet flooring yet? You can use a damp cloth to wipe parquet flooring. Try not to use mops as this may leave small puddles of water in certain areas and it may damage the parquet. Vacuum the parquet flooring first to remove any dust. Take a damp cloth and wipe the floor with about 1/5 cup of Magiclean floor cleaner (the yellow one) mixed in half a pail of water. Wipe each room 3x and it should work. Do not wash your cloth in the pail of water after cleaning each room. Wash it under running water. It's hard work to clean the house but you could always call in the cleaners if you don't mind paying a bit Edited October 20, 2010 by blue_skies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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