what\'s that smell?

by:Yovog     2023-06-21
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Sometimes vertical life is really bad with 2006.
Second-hand smells from pets, cooking, cigarettes, renovations, and even rubbish swing up and down the apartment (
Town houses occasionally)
Sometimes hanging in a place
The most objective, their own
Like a choking afternoon of August
In fact, summer is probably the worst: it\'s understandable that people are reluctant to open windows, and the smell seems to stick to the back seat of a taxi like sweat.
But many apartment residents believe
It\'s wrong in many cases.
Polluted air is an inevitable price to live above neighbors.
They are hesitant to complain or complain to the perpetrators about the privacy of their neighbors.
Even if the problem is toxic secondhand smoke, the affected neighbors are not sure if they have the right
Legal, good-neighborly or ethical
Stick to your own clean air.
\"I think it\'s hopeless,\" said Susan Stewart, a book promoter at the Monteiro company in Manhattan and an actress in her 20 s who was smothered by cigarettes in two apartments downstairs.
The smell contaminated the study and master bedroom of three peoplebedroom co-
Op she shared with her boyfriend, Seth Berkowitz, 29-year-
Old film revivers and musicians in Jackson Heights, Queens.
\"Usually on weekends, when I sleep, I open the window and wake up and smell the fresh smell of cigarettes,\" she said . \"
Stewart, used to smoke himself.
Although her friendly neighbors agreed to her request a few years ago to either stop smoking or smoke in another part of the apartment, nothing changed.
Stewart thinks she has no choice. Jacqueline A.
Wes, a lawyer for the New York real estate division at Baker Horsler law firm, and a former board chairman of her building, has mediated her own smell dispute at the West End Avenue building.
She said: \"Although everyone likes to complain about everything in New York, as New Yorkers, we are just not used to having complete privacy in our ears --
Space, our sight, our nosespace.
Darren suknick, senior vice president of Prudential Douglas Elliman, agreed.
\"In a 200-
Unit building, you will smell somewhere.
Nevertheless, this does not mean that nothing can be done.
\"We don\'t let our cats and dogs run around our halls,\" he said . \".
\"Why do we want our little steak?
\"Managing agents and lawyers to advise landlords
Op and the apartment board reported an increase in complaints about second-hand smoke, although noise complaints continued to exceed the nose --related ones. Stuart M.
Saft, a real estate lawyer at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz in Manhattan, said his company would hear two or three smoking complaints per month on average.
On the other hand, cooking smells only appear six times a year.
The company represents about 300 of partners in the city. ops and condos.
In February, New York City\'s 311 telephone line began tracking calls from neighbors about the shifting of second-hand smoke;
The mayor\'s office reported receiving an average of 96 calls per month.
But the 311 line will not refer the victims to an institution because the city does not regulate household smoking.
Unless you\'re willing to wear activated clothes.
Charcoal respirator, \"magic bullets without any smell,\" says Pamela Dalton, a research scientist at the Monel chemical sensory Center in Philadelphia.
But because the nose can adapt to the smell very quickly.
Old nose not skilled at work
The perpetrator may not know that he or she may cause a bad smell. (
Think about this disturbing fact: about 75%
Tourists always smell a smell known as musty and greet you when they return from vacation. Dalton said. )
Friendly conversations can prove effective when dealing with unpleasant smells --
Such as encouraging opening windows or installing other forms of ventilation
At the same time maintenance good-neighborly and friendly relationship.
Residents who continue to suffer from the fragrance of uninvited people (oil-
Anyone? )
Have the right to ask the landlord or colleague
The op board to be repaired. (
The rights of apartment owners may be somewhat different. )
Since the smell often passes through Pipe Wells, ventilation pipes, power outlets, and holes or cracks in the walls, remediation often begins with closed houses, \"especially in old buildings without central air --
Conditional reflection \". Saft said.
\"In a building, we found a hole in the back of the medicine cabinet,\" he said . \"
For example, apartments and brown stone walls built in the 18 th and 19 th centuries are thinner than their larger and more brilliant pre-war relatives near Central Park, and may be particularly fragile and porous, Arthur said.
A colleague, Weinstein.
Lawyer Op and vice chairman of the New York Cooperative and apartment Council.
On the other hand, post-war buildings often have a common ventilation system and may suffer from sloppy buildings.
For some central ventilation systems, experts may try to block unused airspace with foam, which becomes hard, similar to the material used to provide additional insulation.
Other buildings can be replaced by the main filter (
Although a management agent is controversial about validity).
Also, Mark V said.
Martinez, president of internal management, a large contractor in Manhattan, \"Many of these old and new buildings have a central ventilation system for all bathroom and kitchen systems with a huge fan on the roof, pull the air out of all apartments --
Many times these things don\'t work.
If you have a grill in your building, you will see a grill in the ceiling, but there is no switch, he said.
You can put a paper towel on it to test it and see if it can support it.
The engineer can solve the problem.
Snakes often smell in the corridors.
An elevator well can act as an unpleasant scent of Typhoid Mary, sucking them dry and emitting them in the passage of the whole building, for example, or a fish --
Fried neighbors may open the front door.
He said: \"The sealing effect of the door is very good . \"
Martinez, just close the door.
A type of wind and rain stripping installed by a carpenter can be aesthetically cautious and close to air tightness.
Advertising can convince smokers to light up the lights in different rooms or install an air purifier with a charcoal filter.
Of course, some offenders need to be urged.
\"You can tell them that this is bothering their neighbors, which is offensive to them and they have to take some action,\" Paul J. Said . \"
Herman, executive vice president of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Management, manages a 145 high residentialend co-
Hotels and apartments in Manhattan.
\"After writing some letters, smokers do tend to cooperate. ”Ms.
Real estate lawyer Weiss, former chairman of the board, recalled that he had successfully solved the problem of smoke drifting in an apartment.
\"We had a debate about what to do,\" she said . \" She invoked the right of residents to live freely in their homes.
\"We sent the Super Bowl to smell, some of us went to the lobby to smell and agreed it was quite powerful.
We knocked on the door and asked them to smoke on the other side of the apartment where there were no adjacent walls \"and installed air filters near the door.
In the aroma of cooking
The worst thing is sulfur, says Dalton.
Rich vegetables such as garlic, onions, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts and asparagus.
She also said, \"the fresh fish can\'t smell the taste, but when it is cooked it contains chemicals that produce a typical fishy smell.
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By cooking, proper ventilation may be more important than a closed home.
The best solution is an externally ventilated fan, although this may not be possible due to building rules, historical protection laws, or the layout or location of the kitchen. Many open-
The planned kitchen falls in the middle of today\'s loftlike apartment-in lot-
Only locked buildings with windows in front and back-
External ventilation from the stove may not be fully provided.
But architects and others working on new buildings believe that, given the attention to closing modern apartments to prevent mold, leakage and loss of energy, second-hand odors are rarely a problem.
\"Remember, a lot of people in New York like to show the kitchen, but there\'s not much cooking there,\" said Andrew Gerringer . \", General manager of Prudential Douglas Elliman and head of the new development project.
David Mandel, president of Meltzer/Mandl Architects in Manhattan, said the grill mounted on the wall was another great option.
So is the hood with charcoal filter
As long as the filter is replaced regularly.
The Hood effect of simply circulating air is much worse.
These two types are common below.
Although anyone who spends more than $1,200 per square foot should ask for a better new building. Mandl said.
\"For the fees paid by these people, it is better for them not to smell the neighbor\'s fish at dinner,\" he said . \".
And then there\'s one to do-it-
An old way like windows itself: Create a draft by crossingventilation.
One way is to lower the top of the double layer
Hang windows in one area of the apartment and at the bottom of the other area, resulting in ventilation and accelerated air displacement.
The broker said the second-hand smell \"affects the sale and value of the apartment because the first impression is very important,\" said Alexandra Belak, assistant salesperson at Prudential Douglas Elliman.
For Samantha Kleier, agent and vice president of Gumley Haft Kleier, \"the best smell is no smell.
She recalled four dollars.
After her buyer realized a white neighbor, she lost sales on 5 million Park Avenue.
With the corridor door open, The Glove House often cooks fish, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.
Some brokerage companies have more temporary solutions than others. Toni D.
Harper, executive vice president of Prudential Douglas Elliman, suggested that \"everything from candles to air fresheners to professional cleaning, including carpets, even painting, is OK.
\"As to which second-hand scent is the most attractive to reduce the appeal of the apartment,\" Cigarette smoke is the kiss of death, \"said Eastman, vice president and agent of Stribling & Associates, June. Mr.
Sukenik of Prudential Douglas Elliman said, \"smoking and cats are big. ”(
From a scientific point of view
Dalton said that cat urine is more aggressive than dog urine because of the higher sulfur content, \"it is easy to spread air, very unstable, and human sensitivity to detection is very good. ”)
Even if sellers should put their pride down, or face their ignorance by asking the broker if their apartment stinks, buyers can do some detective work on their own, as second-hand smells may be irregular
The board may discuss a major issue, so it will appear in the minutes of the meeting, said Michael Messi, a Manhattan real estate lawyer at Swidler & Messi.
\"This is a warning here in New York,\" he said . \"
Macy\'s customers realized after closing that secondhand smoke was being filtered through floor vents.
The couple were forced to pull out the floor vents to stop the smell from leaking to their Brooklyn co-opop.
Other dangerous signals for advertising include \"anything that tries to cover up the smell, whether it\'s an electric fan of the oil that gives off the scent, or a scented or fancy candle that actually lights up and burns, julie Friedman, senior assistant agent at bellmarc Realty, said.
She said that access at some point in the day was another thread, recalling the collaboration on the Upper East Side
The Op allows her clients to visit only in the morning and then again later in the afternoon.
\"It turns out that brokers are working on a schedule for fish at the fishmongers downstairs\" and when potential buyers are banned they are taking delivery and preparing food, MadamFriedman said.
Sometimes it comes down to finding the right buyer, such as the one attracted by the aroma of roast chicken, or a young cigar smoker in his 30 s snapped up one --
Two years ago, cigar smoke filled a 80-year-old bedroom. year-
Daniel Berman, executive vice president of the Bell Mark Midtown office, said the old neighbor.
There are also neighbors who don\'t care much about making or fighting for bad smell.
Since her broiler broke down two years ago, Toby Levy has stayed. at-
Mother on West 79 Street, fired Jewish meat three or four times a week for her husband, the Irish Republican Army.
There is no fan in her stove, pot (
She happily admitted that she should be replaced)
Her apartment was blackened and smoky.
\"My smoke alarm rang and I opened all the windows and the kids complained that the smoke almost disappeared in less than half an hour,\" she said . \" Despite the lingering smell.
It also permeates the adjoining apartment of her friend Adam Potter, who is the chairman of the Cobis alliance, and his \"complaints\" include mild slander. Ms.
Levington, 41, said she would stop if she was asked.
This second-hand smell \"can last for an hour and a half \".
Potter said lightly.
\"You are used to it at this point.
\"A version of the article appears on the New York version of the RE1 page, titled: many New Yorkers believe that air pollution is an inevitable price to live in crowded buildings.
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