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ServiceMaster and gut rehab. Easy peasy, I’ve seen worse.

So have I. One was a house that had had up to 40 cats for over forty years. You needed a chain saw to cut the stench. You literally had to take a breath of fresh air, hold it, go look, then run out to breath again. The ammonia from cat urine in the air was so strong your eyes were burning before you got out!

I hired ServiceMaster to get the stench out. They used a spray fog they use in building where human remains have been found after decomposing for months to years. They wouldn’t guarantee it for cats but were willing to give it a try. It was deadly poison, and they sealed the house, then two men in bunny space suits went in and put a fog so dense one had to lead the other out following a rope! The fog leaked out where ever the seal wasn’t good and they slapped duct tape on the leaks. 48 hours later it was safe to re-enter. I was shocked. 95% of the stench was gone! Amazing. What was left was in the upholstered furniture, which went straight to a dumpster.

I then hired ServiceMaster/Servepro to wash the house from ceilings to floors. Everything. Inside and out. A kitchen I thought was green turned out to be sky blue. . . cat urine spray, floor to ceiling, had changed the color. Carpets were pulled and sent the dumpster. Hardwood antique furniture was restored. Walnut hardwood floors, ditto. Backs of leather bound books carefully cleaned and leather treated. What was salvageable was salvaged, what wasn’t went in the dumpster.

Expensive, but worth every penny. ServiceMaster said it was the worst cleanup they’d ever done. They said a fire or flood was easier!