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Posted by Karl S on January 2, 2007, 12:56 pm
On 2 Jan 2007 09:27:39 -0800, MiamiCuse wrote:
> I have a rental property that I lease out. Occasionally I get calls to
> fix different things - plumbing, electric etc... and I normally just
> call someone to go out there to fix it and have them deduct the cost
> from the rent check. I live over an hour away to go there myself to
> check things out.
>
> Now today I got a call from the tenant and this is a new one. She said
> I need to fix a "smell" problem. I said what? They said there is a
> very strong odor and they traced it to the attic. The odor smells like
> some dead animal up there. The husband said he tried to open the
> garage hatch and the odor was so bad he cannot enter the attic and they
> demand I go "fix it". I asked whether it could be sewer gas smell and
> they said no, it smells like a dead animal and they cannot live in that
> side of the house.
>
> I am not sure how I can fix it. This is not a mechanical or electrical
> failure, the lease does not specifically cover things of this nature.
> Regardless whether it is my responsibility to fix it, I guess I need to
> address it since if I don't, the smell will get worse and worse and it
> may be more and more difficult to rid the smell later the longer I
> wait. But this is not something for an exterminator? or is this
> another profession altogether?
>
> Any suggestions? This is NOT a joke!
>
> MC
Go to the zoo and borrow a buzzard or a Komodo dragon and put it in the
attic for a few days.
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