[doc30]

The bedding, drapes and rugs in smoking rooms stink. Most smokers don't seem to understand that the smoke permeates everything, even their clothes.

And it can lower the value of a home when it goes up for sale. The house I bought was from a smoker and we spent forever scrubbing the walls and ceiling. What we though were soft yellow walls were really white. The rinse water bucket looked like a spittoon when we were done a room. And we had to throw out all the carpeting because of the smell.

[CT-Freeper]

Same with us. Plus all of the ceilings in the house were covered with the awful "popcorn plaster" which was a filthy brown in many places. It took us many many hours to scrape all of the popcorn off down to just the plain, smooth plaster ceilings so we could give them a white-wash.

[SheLion]

And it can lower the value of a home when it goes up for sale. The house I bought was from a smoker and we spent forever scrubbing the walls and ceiling. What we though were soft yellow walls were really white. The rinse water bucket looked like a spittoon when we were done a room. And we had to throw out all the carpeting because of the smell.

Gabz, you addressed this same spew not too long ago.  Will you please tell this ah, FReeper the truth?

Thanks!

(Funny how a little bleach can help! heh!

[beckysueb]

The rinse water bucket looked like a spittoon when we were done a room. And we had to throw out all the carpeting because of the smell.

Natural gas heat can cause yellowing, too.

[Myrddin]

Last time I was in the market for a home, I inspected 15 properties. Any trace of lingering tobacco odor was an immediate disqualication. The property I purchased was owned successively by two non-smoking Mormon families since the day it was built. I was similarly careful about the second house I purchased as potential rental property. I don't want a lingering tobacco odor to damage future resale value. It did not stink of tobacco on purchase and the rental agreement will be a strictly non-smoking policy.

[nimbuscloud]

"The house I bought was from a smoker and we spent forever scrubbing the walls and ceiling."

Ask before you buy.