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BTW, Kilz is not needed for priming your walls. Shellac is cheaper and will do everything for smoke smell that Kilz will. And it will actually do as much for mold, too...

Water washing with TSP on wooden cabinets is NOT a problem.

The big ozone machines, at least 200 cfm.
They will take the smell from a corpse in a car.

Sounds like you might need to go commercial and treat it like a restaurant. I had to do that for 3 properties and I could still smell it.

In one of my properties the curry and other spice odors were worse than the tobacco smell. However, commercial odor removers got the job done.

I forget who we went with but it was along the lines of ServPro.

New paint, carpet and other Fabreeze cosmetics ain't gonna' cut it for sure.

Have you tried getting a quote/estimate from a professional company that deals with smoke damage from fires and such. You could always do the removing of the drapes and carpeting etc, leave the pros to do the washdown and smell removal?

Put the estimate/quote costs in your offer and either the seller pays, seller drops price, you split with seller, etc. Lots of options depending on how badly you want the place.

Geno

We just looked at it this morning. Liked everything about it other than the cigarette smell. Wife is not convinced we could ever get the smell out.

Burn it

Didn't have to replace them at my daughters either, just used the liquid gold.

It will come out. My daughters house was owed by crackheads, they smoked pot and cigarettes and who knows what else. after the work was done you'd never know anyone had ever smoked in it.

One thing for sure...I would put accountability back on the seller.

Maybe even tie it to a timeline that if not totally resolved penalties are encountered.

So thankful I don't smoke!!

The ozinizer will help a lot. Airing. Odo-Ban mixed strong. Home Depot sells a smoke spray that helps when a smoker sneaks in the house or goes by. Don't forget the air ducts and furnace/AC.

We bought a car that passed at the car lot, first hot day cigar smell came out everywhere. We blew Odo ban through the seats, washed everrything with it, shampooed the covers and drove around with the windows open. Got rid of the odor.

Start smoking. You will never notice the smell then.

Lol, I'm not really sure if theres a better solution!

Might want to address the HVAC best as possible as well.

the problem is , tar in cigarette reacts with the fabric and it is not reversible.

P.

Time works too.

He may want to move in THIS century.....

I've looked at properties like that. I simply leave and inform the realtor that if they take me to another one like it our business is concluded.

There is too much time and aggravation involved in trying to remedy the problem.

It takes about a year Einstein

Air and ozone will kill the majority of it. A coat of Killz and repaint it's all good

Ionizer. That's what car dealers and hotels use. Can make it smell like new.