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[quote=Anonymous]OP, we just bought a house a few months ago.  We let some folks use the in-law apartment downstaris, for a month, before we moved into the new house.  Well, lucky us (stupid us--still kicking myself--but can't turn back time), at least one of them smoked in it (the apartment downstairs, not the whole house, thank god).  Anyway, the smell was horrible, and this was just after a few weeks.  We have 2 small kids so I LOST it when we walked in.  We immediately called a contractor in to strip out all the carpeting, replaced it, and then had a cleaning person come in who scrubbed the walls top to bottom w/ 409 solution.  The smell is now mostly, but not completley, gone.  I am contemplating repainting, next, but will probably wait and see if it gets better over the next few weeks.  Admittedly, it is a very faint smell now, as I think the carpet replacement and wall washing did 90% of the trick, but it still drives me batty.  What is wrong with these people?! Who smokes inside anymore nowadays?!  ARGH.

Anyway, it can be done, but if I were you and you want to buy the house, I'd bargain for a LARGE credit to remedy any lingering effects (i.e. replace drywall if necessary).  At minimum, they should repaint every wall, and they should pay for a full day deep cleaning service to scrub head to toe everything in the hosue that is not a painted surface.  GL. [/quote]

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