Hi everyone
I feel a bit uncomfortable posting this as I worry people may take offence and consider me a racist which I'd like to think I am certainly not. But my question does specifically relate to people from a certain background, so I apologise in advance if it is considered inappropriate. Forum adminstrators please remove if necessary.
My question - has anyone rented to Indian people who like to cook with spices? I love Indian cuisine eg: butter chicken, but I dont like the smell of some of the herbs (which other Asian cultures like Malaysian and Singaporean also use). When I inspected a property for sale a few years ago, it was vacant but I recall the distinct scent of spices as I walked into the property and the sales agent told the visitors that it was previously occupied by Indian tenants. The smell was particularly strong and not of a herb I liked. I was looking to buy to live in, so I wondered whether it was possible to get rid of the smell? I didn't look into this further as other things came up and I ended up buying an investment property.
I was thinking about framing the question more generally - how do you remove scent in general, but one of my best friends is actually Indian (born and bred in Oz - her home has no scent whatsoever) and she seems to think that the scent of spices (after prolonged period of cooking) takes longer to dissipate than other scents. Is there any truth to this?
Has anyone actually encountered this, ie: tenants leaving behind extremely strong scent of herbs/spices in the property. If so:
Does carpeting (instead of timber floors) make the scent harder to remove?
Does the scent actually get into the walls?
What did you do to remove it?
Were you able to remove it?
How long did it take to remove?
As I said, no offence intended and I hope none is taken. I'm well aware the issue of cooking smell is not confined to people from Indian backgrounds. But for the purposes of this thread, I am only interested in the scent from the Indian herbs and spices.
Thanks in advance.
I feel a bit uncomfortable posting this as I worry people may take offence and consider me a racist which I'd like to think I am certainly not. But my question does specifically relate to people from a certain background, so I apologise in advance if it is considered inappropriate. Forum adminstrators please remove if necessary.
My question - has anyone rented to Indian people who like to cook with spices? I love Indian cuisine eg: butter chicken, but I dont like the smell of some of the herbs (which other Asian cultures like Malaysian and Singaporean also use). When I inspected a property for sale a few years ago, it was vacant but I recall the distinct scent of spices as I walked into the property and the sales agent told the visitors that it was previously occupied by Indian tenants. The smell was particularly strong and not of a herb I liked. I was looking to buy to live in, so I wondered whether it was possible to get rid of the smell? I didn't look into this further as other things came up and I ended up buying an investment property.
I was thinking about framing the question more generally - how do you remove scent in general, but one of my best friends is actually Indian (born and bred in Oz - her home has no scent whatsoever) and she seems to think that the scent of spices (after prolonged period of cooking) takes longer to dissipate than other scents. Is there any truth to this?
Has anyone actually encountered this, ie: tenants leaving behind extremely strong scent of herbs/spices in the property. If so:
Does carpeting (instead of timber floors) make the scent harder to remove?
Does the scent actually get into the walls?
What did you do to remove it?
Were you able to remove it?
How long did it take to remove?
As I said, no offence intended and I hope none is taken. I'm well aware the issue of cooking smell is not confined to people from Indian backgrounds. But for the purposes of this thread, I am only interested in the scent from the Indian herbs and spices.
Thanks in advance.