Uh oh, a gangster.

Whatever, dude. Curry smells like dirty, rotten ass after it's fumigated a house over a several year period. You're going to spend a lot more than ELBOW GREASE getting most of that smell out.

My "information" has come from realtors who had closed on dozens of houses previously owned by Indians. The smell NEVER goes completely away and this is based on FACTUAL information from homeowners who bought a house from previous Indian (or other curry loving mofo's).

Yet again, my own opinion generated based on statements from informed individuals. If you want to throw down several hundred grand on a house and then try to get the dirty a** smell out, be my guest.

 

I guess you didn't read my advice to take a tall glass of STFU and sit down . I don't give a fuk what your "anectodal" bullsh!t reveals. Elbow grease is all that is needed, maybe you don't have that much of it, go to the gym.

YOu can spout off at the mouth all you want, fact remains, it is a food odor that is easily remedied by simple means. You don't need to employ a smoke removal type plan to rid yourself of the smell.

 

So, the unit above mine was owned by an Indian family and sold last year.

To lift contingencies, the sellers were on the hook to remove the carpets and to re-paint.
Removing the carpet is crucial. Re-painting also helps a bit.

In the Bay Area, this is just a part of life; and frankly, any excuse to try to get property under a price, fine (by me).

 

If you can't get rid of the smell by some of the methods already mentioned, try this product.

http://www.kilz.com/pages/default.aspx?NavID=61

My brother is a contractor that has used this successfully on the walls and ceiling in homes where there was a fire, a person or animal has died and remained there for a long time before being detected, or homes were the previous owners had many (>20) pets that had free roam of the place.

He said it works great.

 

If that family has a hot Indian daughter, send her to me!

Warren

 

[QUOTE=kadeshpa,Dec 17 2006, 04:19 PM] I guess you didn't read my advice to take a tall glass of STFU and sit down .

 

NO not taking it personal, if anyone is inferior, it is the tool that makes a blatantly idiotic statement such as "You will NEVER get the smell out of the house completely. It has to be one of the strongest food odors in the world". When you spout off at the mouth like the dolt you are, well some correction needs to take place. I've seen you're posts and you seem like the typical know it all idiot that gives misinformation and provides nothing useful to a public forum.

And tough guy, I can care less if you have indian friends....that's always the cowardly way out to say you have "friends" of a certain race after you bash. Shut it.

As I said before, curry food has no more/less a lingering odor than cooking a steak indoors, frying any foods or preparing seafood.

 

Kadeshpa you are VERY WRONG.

You might be accustomed to the smell and not smell it like the person who is considering purchasing the house, but smells, and there are a myriad of them are one of the toughest things to change/get rid of in a house.

I am speaking from anecdotal evidence and personal evidence. I have sold RE since 1974 and have seen literally hundreds if not thousands of homes with odor problems and have tried to assist many of the subsequent owners with their unhappy phone calls later. You can dull the odor, you can cover up the odor or you can get used to the odor but you can't remove it.

When it gets humid the odors return. As others have said, if it is a smokin deal then maybe you want to go to all the trouble to try to remove as much as you can, but if it isn't then WHY? There are thousands of houses out there that don't have the issue so just buy one of them.

 

The deal on this house is not praticularly good actually it's a bit on the high side. It's just we really likes it's many features (faux paint, hardwood floor, marble counter top, home theater, large garage, etc ,etc) and it's in a prime area, close to her parents(free baby sitter). The seller is firm on his price so i think to knock anothe $10k off is not likely to happen. Now with that and this much effort to get rid of the curry scent I think we'll just look for something else.

 

my room in the basement still smells of something the original owner left after living here for 8 years. the house is about 30 yrs old too so its not like its very old. the smells arise when it rains.