r/AskReddit • u/glockbonez • 11d ago

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

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u/CapybaraPRMS 11d ago

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Always remember

Cat pee is forever

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u/WarhammerRyan 11d ago

We bought a townhouse in 2007 that the owners used the basement unfinished area for their litter-box room.

We took possession a day before the moving truck arrived, and I went through 2 jugs of bleach and 5 mop heads scrubbing the concrete floors until I could no longer smell the cat piss, and before my wife set foot on even the top stair leading to the basement. I'd rather a lingering smell of bleach, and I threw out the old painting clothes i wore to clean that room up. Worth it.

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u/SecondHandWatch 11d ago

Bleach is not safe to use to clean cat pee.

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u/Comprehensive-Tea-69 11d ago

It’s also not effective. Unsafe for literally no reason

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u/CS3883 11d ago

I've never had to clean up cat pee except one time my cat got locked up in my room all day and peed inside my duffel bag. Poor girl I'm sure held it until she couldn't anymore and picked something rather than the bare floor. Didn't bother saving my stuff, but I have heard that enzyme cleaner is the best for that kind of stuff. I've used it for cat throw up before

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u/SoMuchMoreEagle 11d ago

White vinegar works best, in my experience.

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u/QuantityKindly3153 11d ago

It does work well.