Does your new listing have that lovely "funky listing smell" in the dark back family room where your sellers husband used to enjoy his stogie for 40 years? Does Fluffy the Persian cat have that special private business area in the laundry room of your new listing that just gives your new exclusive that "funky listing smell"? Have the owners of that 1956 ranch home you are going to put on the market never opened the basement windows in the last 50 years giving it that "funky listing smell"? Maybe the heirs of that estate sale property haven't gotten around to clearing out all the old clothes that have been "preserved" with mothballs over the years giving it that "funky listing smell".
Well, over the years I've tried all of the true methods to eliminate, minimize and or attempt to remove all of the "funky listing smells" with the help of plug-ins, deoderant sprays, carpet crystals, opening windows, direct hits with bleach, dehumidifiers, fans, removing dead critter carcasses from crawl spaces... you name it, I've tried it. These attempts worked for a bit, but those "funky listing smells" just were always there again the next time I walked into the properties.
So one day I was in my local home super store and came across an interesting product that was new on the shelves. I decided to give it a try and purchased three containers for one of my new "funky listing smell" listings. I had nothing to lose. Of course I still did all of the tried and true procedures just mentioned, but this time I dropped the three containers of my newfound product throughout the house and went on my way. The following afternoon I was heading over to open the windows again and help get my latest "funky listing smell" out before my office caravan later in the day. I opened the door and was so pleasantly surprised... nothing. No "funky listing smell". No mothballs. No mustiness. No cigar scent. No old kitty litter box small lurking. Jackpot ! I found what I was looking for in my 18 years in real estate... my new favorite Good Bye "Funky Listing Smell" goldmine.
NATURAL MAGIC "Odor Absorbing Gel" comes in 14oz. tub containers in a variety of scents. It absorbs and eliminates pet and household odors including cigarette smoke, litter box / kennel odors, mildew, fuel fumes, cooking smells, residual paint odors, basement mustiness, moth ball aroma and cigar smell too. The product absorbs tough odors that are in the air and then adds a nice fresh clean fragrance to the area. The solid gel works by absorbing odors in the air and then converts them into non-toxic compounds boasts the product label.
The company also produces a liquid deodorizer line, a gentler room freshener line and even a "blast spray" line which is great when you walk in at the last minute finding inappropriate odors seconds before a crucial showing... just to complete your odor control needs. Each little gel tub works for about 90 days effectively slowly working its magic in an area about 400-500 square feet. The product is made in the US by a company called Osmegen Inc. out of Pennsylvania. I buy my NATURAL MAGIC online these days in bulk. My favorite seems to be the fresh citrus scent. Here is a link to the product:
http://www.naturalmagic.com/catalog/NM%20Odor%20Absorbing%20Gel.aspx
Scents Available: Citrus, Raspberry, Neutral, English Lavender, Vanilla & Ocean
Give this product a try in solving those "funky smells" in some of your own listings and let me know if this does the trick for you and your sellers.
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