Awful smell from living room

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Annnir · 10/08/2026 13:42

Please help I’ve tried so far: washing carpet with carpet cleaner, washing the cushions, cleaning the sofas but there is still a horrible musty smell coming from there. Little one spilt milk on the carpet which I noticed 2 days after he did it so cleaned carpet with carpet cleaner then. Problem is I don’t know where the smell is coming from.

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BuffetTheDietSlayer · 10/08/2026 13:49

Could be a dead mouse inside your sofa.

Likeiloveyou · 10/08/2026 13:47

Do you have any pets? Could little one have pissed somewhere? Are you sure it’s wee? Not a dead rodent under flooring?

RidiculousDog · 10/08/2026 13:47

A dead mouse under the floorboards probably.
We had similar in one of our bedrooms, about this time of year, lasted about three months, had the skirting board up, has someone out to look, moved DS from that room as I was worried it was a health hazard, etc etc , eventually it just went away, I assume it was a dead mouse or bird.

kitcat23 · 10/08/2026 13:46

This isn’t an aibu question. You need to sniff everything and find out where the smell is coming from to be able to solve it. Sounds like your little one might have peed somewhere though

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Annnir · 10/08/2026 13:44

The milk smell has gone but now it’s a little musty / pee like smell (sorry don’t know how else to explain it)

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