Rats, What Stinks?

I had the opportunity to list a rat infested home, that I learned from my referring person the home had that issue because the seller lied to me and failed to tell me she had rats in the house.  I declined the listing opportunity and five years later she still can't sell the house.

A few years ago, I helped my clients buy a gorgeous home.  They cleaned the carpets after they moved in and it really activated and magnified old urine stains.  It was awful!  How did we miss it?  The sellers had candles burning every time we entered the house.  It taught me quite a lesson.

The odor of a house will definitely create a lasting first impression.

It is a good idea to bake some cookies before a showing.

Thanks, Bob, for sharing a link to the interesting article. I have never experienced a situation that bad.

My mother instilled in me a total fear of rats and mice, so buying a house with rats would not work well for me. It was bad enough when one of our cats brought home a dead rat and left it under the Xmas tree, he was very proud, me not so much.

Some people will tackle that problem and move forward. Others languish. Most likely, no one realized the house was infested and it was in the same shape at closing as when they first offered on it, Bob.

So glad the I have qualified home inspectors here that represent me well when doing their job!

Bob, it is bad when the home has odors, and most buyers will walk back out if it is too strong.

I cannot imagine my home inspector missing the fact that a home is rat infested. Good Heavens!  

I have listed homes that had resident rats.  

Thank you for sharing Sarah's post and inviting her to join us here in the Rain! 

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Hi Bob "RealMan" Timm 

Many homes come with odors that need to be handled prior to listing. When I was a lot more active (younger days) I had 3 high-quality air filtration machines that I would use. They made a difference. BUT then, there are those times when varments are in the home that a specialist is needed to remove the cause

I remember having a rural listing that was vacant a number of years ago.  When you would enter the house, you could hear the rats scurrying in the attic, etc.  A really good exterminator took care of the problem for the seller.