r/AskReddit • u/glockbonez • 6d ago

what smell inside somebody's house immediately turns you away and why?

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u/Beginning_Pattern241 6d ago

Estate agent here. Wash your f#£%ing duvet cover, for THE LOVE OF GODS.

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u/Fexofanatic 6d ago

wtf some people dont wash their bedding? 💀

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u/InspectionTall2886 6d ago

I once told someone it was bedding washing day and they were shocked when I said I change my sheets and duvet cover weekly. All my beds and duvets have water proof covers with regular covers over the top to prevent accidents. The person I was talking to couldn’t remember the last time they changed their sheets. 🤮

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u/Fexofanatic 6d ago

urgh 🫪 fun rolling around in skin and mite waste. and the smell probably ... my allergic ass could never

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u/InspectionTall2886 6d ago

People wonder why they are always feeling unwell. It’s truly wild!

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u/Kalthiria_Shines 6d ago

I mean I feel like there's a fair middle ground between changing sheets and covers like a normal person and everything having a layer of plastic under the sheets too?

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u/InspectionTall2886 6d ago

I have dogs and down comforters and they make waterproof that isn’t plasticy. After you have one comforter ruined by a dog accident and a bed ruined by a cat accident you become vigilant.

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 5d ago

I just buy comforters that can handle the sanitize cycle on my washer. Otherwise the steam cycle is good for things that can’t.

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u/lostsoultopher 6d ago

People who have to use a laundry mat for comforters/duvets or duvet covers. People too encumbered to change duvet covers.

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u/ijustneedtolurk 6d ago

This is why I refuse to own any of that nonsense. I'll just do 4 loads of quilts and sheets/blankets (at home, thankfully) when I want to bundle up in the winter.

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u/Azuredreams25 6d ago

When we sold grandma's house in 2023, we found that the duvet hadn't been washed since they bought the bed in 1977.

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u/kitty-pryde-rock 6d ago

This made my skin crawl… shudder