So the good news is - I'm getting more hours AND it's with the clients I already have rather than new ones 30 miles in the opposite direction.

The bad news is - their house reeks of cat piss and gives me a bad headache and no matter what I do, I can't get rid of the smell. And now I have to deal with it for an extra two days.
I love these people and am ever so grateful for the hours but wtf can I do about the smell of cat piss???

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4meAndyou · F

I once had to deal with dog pee on every single surface of my mother's house. There were 4 dogs, and they peed on every piece of furniture and all over the floor...and all her stuff was ruined. I ended up having to send her furniture to 1-800-Got Junk, and they broke every thing to bits in a giant dumpster.

The pee had gotten into the GROUT and under the floor tiles, so I bought 10 gallons of Nature's Miracle enzyme cleaner, and flooded the floors, then left for 24 hours. When I came back ALL the Nature's Miracle had soaked into the grout and under the tiles, and the smell was finally completely gone.

Obviously you can't do this at your client's house, but you might be able to bring in a spray bottle of Nature's Miracle and just spray the worst of it.

Tumbleweed · F

@4meAndyou That's terrible!!! Wow!!!
I don't think they've gone on the furniture, my clothes don't smell like it when I leave & I've never smelled it later on when I do laundry so I'm thinking it's just seeped into the walls or something. I don't know but it takes my breath. I also think that if they would raise the windows sometimes, that would help with the smell.
Thank you for the info, I'll definitely be looking into that.
The lady has asthma so how she doesn't go into an attack amazes me....