Stale Cigarettes = Turned Off Buyers We have all been in homes that smell like smoke. Last winter an old friend called to say he needed to sell his older sister's house who had passed away. I met him there and the house reeked of smoke. We talked about this and he stated his sister had lived there since the early '70s so the smoke molecules were embedded everywhere. He said he would correct the problem before we listed it. About 10 days later I met him at the house and what a difference! He had replaced all the carpeting and added 2 heavy coats of KILZ to the walls along with 2 coats of Glidden oil-based paint. The Glidden rep told him that latex paint would not work during periods of high humidity. Over the next 3 months I was in the house several times and not once did I detect ...
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