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Yes. My place. All walls and ceilings repainted, lots of elbow grease, sugar soap on the floorboards and skirting boards and toothpicks to clean out in every gap and joint. And after 3 years it’s sort of getting clean. But if you like the place....
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I don't think it would put me too. But obviously that depends on the level of smoking in the house. Few smells here and there would be okay but tar stains in every single room I'm not sure.
Place my parents bought when I was younger had that smell in the kitchen and I'm sure if they didn't strip all the kitchen out and replaster the whole place it would still be smelling now.
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Anyone have experience of buying a house that was lived in by smokers?
But late but yes.
You could tell which side of the bed the heavier smoker slept!
We managed to remove it through thoroughly cleaning and repainting. Kitchen was the worst because it meant scrubbing everything - fridge and freezer draws, rubber seals, etc. Most rooms required two washes of sugar soap before painting.
Smell is long gone now and our place now smells of fresh washing and shitty nappies.
In your situation I'd probably get a deep clean booked for the moving in day and maybe just hire a painter decorator to repaint your little ones room.
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Anyone have experience of buying a house that was lived in by smokers? Reading horror stories of people either never being able to get rid of the smell or having to replaster every room.