OK, I have been rather calm about this until now as I thought I had it under control. But I just had an open house for realtors at my house this morning and apparently, even after 6 days of intense cleaning and deodorizing, some of the realtors commented to my realtor that they thought the pet smell would turn off buyers.
Here is what I have done so far, and I am looking for further things to do to combat the smell. Keep in mind that I have also told my realtor that I DO have animals and the house will never smell perfect.
Floor and upholstery cleaning - I have all laminate so there is no carpet for smell to get into. I shampooed my couches and the cat climber/gym. I vacuumed through and cleaned the floors with a micro-fibre mop and lysol.
Sprayed Nature's Miracle odor neutralizer on every surface that I can find that may smell.
Changed my litter box completely and threw out the old ones. The new one is monstrous and picked out multiple times daily.
Put the dog blankets through the wash with odor neutralizing cleaner and put them in the basement for the showing.
Burned candles for hours and blew them out just before the showing.
Had the windows all open for the hours I was cleaning (and it's darn cold out there) and kept the ceiling fan on.
Washed the basement floor with bleach and rinsed it before spraying the entire floor with Nature's Miracle odor neutralizer.
Sprayed every fabric surface with Febreze as well as used the aerosol.
Brought my dogs with me to work, and put the cats into dog kennels with food water and litter.
OK - I understand that I have animals and the house will smell like it. I don't live in filth or insane odor. I cannot even smell anything myself, but I guess it's like cigarette smoke, I can smell that anywhere because I don't smoke. What else can I try? My realtor understands that I have been scrubbing for days and the only thing she has offered is a product from the vet's called Nature Mate or something?
Anyone have any tips?
Here is what I have done so far, and I am looking for further things to do to combat the smell. Keep in mind that I have also told my realtor that I DO have animals and the house will never smell perfect.
Floor and upholstery cleaning - I have all laminate so there is no carpet for smell to get into. I shampooed my couches and the cat climber/gym. I vacuumed through and cleaned the floors with a micro-fibre mop and lysol.
Sprayed Nature's Miracle odor neutralizer on every surface that I can find that may smell.
Changed my litter box completely and threw out the old ones. The new one is monstrous and picked out multiple times daily.
Put the dog blankets through the wash with odor neutralizing cleaner and put them in the basement for the showing.
Burned candles for hours and blew them out just before the showing.
Had the windows all open for the hours I was cleaning (and it's darn cold out there) and kept the ceiling fan on.
Washed the basement floor with bleach and rinsed it before spraying the entire floor with Nature's Miracle odor neutralizer.
Sprayed every fabric surface with Febreze as well as used the aerosol.
Brought my dogs with me to work, and put the cats into dog kennels with food water and litter.
OK - I understand that I have animals and the house will smell like it. I don't live in filth or insane odor. I cannot even smell anything myself, but I guess it's like cigarette smoke, I can smell that anywhere because I don't smoke. What else can I try? My realtor understands that I have been scrubbing for days and the only thing she has offered is a product from the vet's called Nature Mate or something?
Anyone have any tips?
