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Old 11-30-2023, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by patfla06 View Post
I think we are the last people in T.V. that still have and LOVE carpet.
There is a very good reason that so many homes in TV have non-carpeted floors. Older folks sometimes suffer from urinary incontinence and there is nothing like a nice fluffy carpet for absorbing and holding odors. We've gone to more than one estate sale where the urine smell in the common rooms was pretty noticeable.

Were I a new buyer here, I'd be VERY leery about buying a resale that has carpeting. Even if it looks and smells OK all that may mean is that the carpets had been cleaned before it was put on the market. A month or two later could reveal some very unpleasant surprises to the new owner.