The story begins on July 1.
Last week my bedroom started to smell. Smells are hard to communicate and harder to describe. This one is chemical — turpentine, mineral spirits, toxic, strong. My bedroom became uninhabitable.
Mt bedroom is on the top floor. Of the 6 walls we have: ceiling shared with building roof; floor shared with downstairs neighbors we've never seen; north wall has a window; east wall has the door to the living room; south wall shared with my other bedroom; west wall is brick and has nothing on the other side of it (we are a story higher than the building to the west).
At first we thought The Smell was coming from the tenant downstairs who we've never seen.
It's a compelling read... spanning now seven posts...
I've been sniffing around the bedroom so much I have a headache. And a burning in my eyes and throat. The Smell is awful. It peaks during the evening, is strong through the night, starts diminishing in the morning, is almost gone by the afternoon, and starts again. It has a pattern, but seems also inconsistent at the same time.
She considers, seriously, hiring a smell expert. (Only $750!) There are also patch tests. A visit from the super. A Westminster rep. Ultimately, it's just a frustrating experience.
There's more drama and intrigue... until the source of The Smell is identified.
But now what?
[Read all the posts to date here]
