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Buying a flat, damp smell, help!

DieHard · 2010-12-11 16:44:21

I am not sure if this is the right forum but I have been in the process of buying a flat for a few months now and I have been to see it a few times while the owners were still living there. The first time I went with my dad, he said he could smell something that smelled like a wet dog. When I went with my mam she said she…

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DieHard Posts: 168 Forumite

28 February 2011 at 2:18PM

poppysarah wrote: »

And what if it's in the floorboards?

Ha! I am guessing you are one of those people who always looks on the bright side.

I was lucky with the damp smell/wet patch on the outside wall. Hopefully this won't be too bad either.

I think it has concrete floors with it being a new purpose built flat but I won't be sure until I take up the carpets I guess.

Hopefully they are concrete because they are easier to scrub clean - if that is even necessary. It might just be a case of throwing away the carpet and underfelt but if not scrubbing clean floorboards or the concrete floor should do the trick.

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