What will we need to do to stop new house smelling so badly of dog?

[NeverTwerkNaked]

Had an offer accepted on a house, it’s perfect for us in terms of location and layout etc but unfortunately smells terribly of dog! I suspect that is why it hadn’t shifted yet and we negotiated quite a good discount on that basis. Am thinking we will need to replace the carpets but is there anything else (pricey) we should budget to do, or would getting someone in to do a deep clean be enough?

Once the dog has gone and you've replace the carpet I bet you won't smell it at all.

Is it really just the smell of dog? There isn't damp anywhere that's making it smell worse?

Definitely dog! I remember the smell of damp houses!

Tell them to remove their own smelly carpets when they leave

Also once their furniture and soft furnishings are out you might find that makes a big difference. Especially if they have a fabric sofa and let the dog on it.

Dog and three cats here, not a smell, dog is groomed every three weeks and floor always being steamed and mopped. If you are cleaning the animals and the floors regularly there shouldn't be a smell. Ironically the house we bought most recently had cleaners, and housekeepers before we had it and no pets and was the smelliest, dirtiest place ever. Two weeks of deep cleaning before i would put furniture in it. Not necessarily pets but usually the owners fastidiousness or lack thereof.

Mountains, talk about over generalisation, a bit judgy today, eh?

Might be worth checking and having the council flea spray the house once the carpets are up. (Cost about £100-150) before having new ones in. When our dog died she left us with fleas.

@NeverTwerkNaked. don't panic.

I bought a house which had a very mild dog aroma when I viewed it twice.

Opened the door the day I completed, and nearly fell back on the wave of strong dog that greeted me. Could hardly breathe. To this day I wonder how they managed to diminish the smell for viewings.

Ripped out carpets. Ripped out underlay. Hoovered thoroughly, including the backs and middles of radiators. Aired house.
Smell gone. Forever.

Incidentally, as a decorator, I've sorted a flat that people had chain smoked in for years. Had penetrated the plaster. Lots and lots of scrubbing and sealant paint did the job.
I honestly believe there's no such thing as a smell that can't be rid of. Just got to locate it, clean it, seal it.

Thank you for the encouragement Dancing we love everything else about the house so want to find a way to make it work, and we did get a discount because it hadn’t sold which I expect was partly due to the smell. so we have budget to spend on carpets and cleaning and redecorating!

Just thinking we have also got to think through the logistics of managing moving day/ storing furniture etc so we can get the house smelling reasonable again ...

Yeah, you're on the right track there.

Move out of previous, store furniture.
Rip out carpets.And underlay. And curtains.And blinds. Open every window. Hoover. Repeat. Use one of those specialised long long nozzles on a hoover to get down the inside of each radiator ( where dog hair lurks).
Mop any moppable floors.

I bet money you've now dealt with smell.

Get new carpets ( already organised in advance) laid.
Or other flooring.

Move furniture in.

And relax.

Perfect, that’s crystallised the vague plan in my head .

Years ago bought a house that smelt of dog. Dog had clearly been allowed to wee in the house too. We removed all carpets and in some areas (the wee ones) we replaced the floorboards. No more smell after that!

It could be as simple as the house just needs airing. I could smell my dogs this morning as the windows had been closed due to cold weather. windows opened sorted.
However your might need to thoroughly hoover, mop floors, wash carpets/rip up and replace carpet/underlay

We moved into a rental house in the U.S where the owners had had a young dog.they had obviously let the dog pee every where as a puppy as there were stains on all of the cream carpets. it was stinking !Not long after we moved in I noticed my kids scratching at their ankles and took a look and found that the were covered in bites which turned out to be flea bites.So had to get the house fumigated and carpets deep cleaned along with basically renovating the whole house which was filthy dirty.
Six months later the house was sparkling with clean carpets new fixtures and fittings got a phone call from the owners saying they were cutting their stay in India and were coming home.They couldn't believe how clean their house was.I was fuming.