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HokieMacDaddy

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So the home buying saga took an interesting turn last week


We closed on the house and starting moving things in, only to discover a strong cat pee smell downstairs. Previous owners covered it up with plug-ins and nobody caught it. Hit the carpet hard with a steam cleaner but no dice - still there. Nothing for it but to replace the carpet, about 1200 square feet worth. Called on neighbors and church members and it was totally gone in two hours. Then some neighbors who do this for a living spent the better part of two days helping us - for free - put in new laminate vinyl flooring. Would have taken me weeks to do and the craftsmanship is something I could never have equaled. Flooring cost north of $3K and I'm going after the seller to try and recover. But wow what an experience to have people willing to help like that.

Posted: 09/24/2018 at 10:54AM



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So the home buying saga took an interesting turn last week -- HokieMacDaddy 09/24/2018 10:54AM
  Meh, good luck trying to recover for that. ** -- ModerateHokie 09/24/2018 3:31PM
  Yeah, I imagine HMD is SOL. ** -- reestuart 09/24/2018 3:41PM
  I'm already a member ** -- HokieMacDaddy 09/24/2018 2:51PM
  Use Kilz ** -- WestyHokie 09/24/2018 12:22PM
  Once cat pee is on the floor, it's over. -- psychobilly 09/24/2018 12:18PM
  Killing the cat is a little harsh** -- `lag 09/24/2018 12:44PM
  Sounds like BO. The Beast! ** -- Brown Water 09/24/2018 12:38PM
  Good pull +1 ** -- TomTurkey 09/24/2018 12:41PM
  How expensive were the shoes, $2,500? -- HWA 09/24/2018 12:22PM
  Expensive shoes for me is a couple hundred bucks. -- psychobilly 09/24/2018 12:39PM
  Cat pee gets down into the padding and subfloor -- typed by ben 09/24/2018 12:08PM
  I had a similar experience. The seller covered a large area -- HokieHeartNSoul 09/24/2018 11:43AM
  So your suspicion from last week is correct, it seems -- Nova Hokie 95 09/24/2018 11:42AM
  Very much so -- HokieMacDaddy 09/24/2018 11:51AM
  Quite the opposite actually -- HokieMacDaddy 09/24/2018 11:54AM
  Well then perhaps you should be thanking the seller! -- Nova Hokie 95 09/24/2018 11:52AM
  Our sellers did sim - covered cat pee stains with rugs** -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 11:06AM
  I assume we did - can't recall ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/24/2018 12:27PM
  We got hit with a little bait and switch -- JoesterVT 09/24/2018 11:13AM
  My seller did that with the thermostat (!) -- HokieMacDaddy 09/24/2018 11:52AM
  What was it, a Nest? -- EDGEMAN 09/24/2018 12:04PM
  Looks perfectly fine to me. Why’d you replace it? ** -- CPRVHokie 09/24/2018 11:44AM

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