House Update

This week I got much satisfaction out of letting two nice little Mexicans into my home and letting them rip out the last of the carpet left from the previous owners of this house. After we got the vents cleaned out there was still a funky smell in our room. Once the carpet was out of the house they had to sweep up the concrete that was under it, there was SO much dirt. SO gross. 

They hauled out that crusty nastiness and hauled in some soft, lovely carpet. I love it.

Ahh the smell of new carpet has never been so great!

 It's amazing the difference new flooring can make in a home. Its much more comfortable and the smell is gone. It smells like a normal, clean house. Finally. I can now put AddiLyn down on the floor without fearing for her health.  

This experience has me convinced that the next home we purchase has got to be brand spankin' new. No more of this fixing up stuff. Not that there's a problem with that, I know a lot of people who LOVE flipping houses. But I have found that it's not exactly my cup of tea.

However, now that it's done, I can officially say I LOVE my house. 

Next project: bathrooms. 

Breathin' Easy

The older I get the more germaphobe I become. As a kid I didn't care about all that. I was particular about how things smelled but that's about it. 

Well moving into a home where really dirty people lived before me has been difficult and I feel like the stress has aged me a few years.

 There was a smell of mold and dirt in the home that kept getting worse and worse no matter how much I cleaned. When I was pregnant I was constantly cleaning. Even when it was as clean as it could get it wasn't good enough because it didn't smell clean.

Well I hit a breaking point a couple weeks ago. The smell was worse than it's ever been. Ever. The humidity was making it worse. I told Ryan we were going to move and that was that. I wasn't going to deal with it anymore. 

So we decided that we would try a couple more things and if that didn't help we would rent the place out and figure something else out. Which would be a pain. Such a pain. But that's literally how much I hated the smell. It was a musty foresty smell, mold and dirt with a tinge of smoke is really the best way I can describe it. It was beginning to make me feel sick

So we researched some things and found out the air ducts could probably be contributing to it. We were able to find a groupon deal where a company would clean and sanitize the air duct system for a little over 100 instead of 350. Great deal. 

It was done on Thursday. 

We're pretty sure it had never been done before. This house was built in 2006. There were huge amounts of dust in the ducts and the furnace had a lot  mold and condensation it was blowing into the home. So they sanitized and cleaned everything up. 

The smell is now GONE. Completely.

The carpets still smell a little weird, so we're ripping them up and getting new carpet next week (just the living and master so it's an affordable project.) but the smell and mustiness is gone. I feel like we live in a completely different home. It's so great!! 

So get your air ducts cleaned every 2 years, people! It's disgusting up there, especially if it hasn't ever been done before!!