8 weeks ago, GS came to stay. New bed, new mattress, newly decorated a month prior to him staying, new bedding.
Before he moved in, I always kept the bedroom door halfway open 1)for circulation 2)my cat likes to mooch
The problem started within the first week. There was a sort of sharp tangy smell coming from his room. I stripped his bed, washed it with lots of fabric conditioner, and the smell went. Within the week, it came back again. It seemed to only go away when I put fresh bedding on but always came back within days.
GS left last week, I stripped the bed, haven't bothered remaking it but I can still smell whatever it is.
I've totally disinfected the room top to bottom including the floor and blinds.
There's next to nothing in the room except a sewing table, tv and metal bed frame so now I'm wondering if it's the mattress. I can smell that faint tangy smell on it, but I've put bicarb of soda all over it, steam cleaned it, used febreeze and left an air freshener in there.
I thought I was being paranoid about the smell but now my daughter can smell it slightly too.
I don't have damp anywhere and I'd never smelt anything before.
Could it be the mattress? Do teenagers rooms smell like that these days?