Cleaning Advice?
I’m the child of a hoarder. She moved out, into assisted living and handed the house to me. It’s not free though there is less than $80,000 left to pay off then it will be mine so I started off motivated to clean it and make it my own.
I’m in the process of cleaning it. I’ve had such a hard time getting rid of most of the junk as much of it is dirty, broken moldy etc that not even donation centers will take it. I already paid $1000 for a lot to be hauled away. I’m exhausted. I’ve got zero energy left but I’m starting the clean up.
The bathroom reeks of urine. Weirdly enough it didn’t before I started the cleaning.
Now im reading those smells can lay doormat until you “reactivate them”…by cleaning the dirt on top of the urine.
It’s tile and I’ve used every cleaner you can imagine: bleach, peroxide, vinegar, live enzymes , a grout cleaner tool, a heavy duty steam mop.
I’ve spent days and days on it and my back is literally broken. It could be the exhaustion but I’m ready to give up. It literally smells like a nursing home in here. I think it’s just too much and I’m out of money to throw at this.
Thinking of getting together a few hundred more dollars and having the toilet removed, cleaned underneath it and reattached.
For context: it’s an adobe house and I don’t think there’s really any sub flooring which is why I’m confused about where the smell could be coming from.
Any advice? I’m at my wits end!