Redditer: How to remove Indian spice smell in the house

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Viewing houses to buy my first resale hdb and saw a really nice unit yesterday. The only drawback is that there is a strong Indian spice smell once I step into the house that's stopping me from buying.

Is it ever possible to remove the smell? I'm afraid that the smell may penetrate deep into the house/carpentry and it would cost me a bomb to renovate the whole place.

Those who tenanted out your house to Indians before, did you manage to remove the smell? Is professional deep cleaning sufficient?

My worries:

-Flooring was vinyl, do I need to hack them -Wooden carpentry. Wood is porous so I suspect smell might penetrate deep -Aircon, will I need to replace the whole aircon? -what else should I take note of?

Please be objective. I'm only objectively asking for solutions and no mean comments please.

 

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Gymbeer91
•23h ago

Fellow curry house hold here….

We cook curries, biriyani, most of the days. While cooking we keep the hood on with 1-2 speed and continue to run it for 20-30 mins after cooking so it clears the smell. It’s also important to allow cross ventilation while cooking so we keep windows and main door open. Wife wanted a humidifier with essential oils. It was indeed a good idea . So we don’t have any curry smells in the house even after cooking daily for 5 plus years along with deep cleaning the kitchen everyday .

If there’s any fabric furniture in the house, remove them .
Change all the aircons . Repaint your house with a double coat and this should solve most of your problems .