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Neighbour's cooking smell in our bedroom early morning, what to do?...

Marie D

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 15:20

Speak to your maintenance people, the guys in our tower came up lifted a ceiling tile and sealed something up which hadn't been done correctly during the building process (it was obviously a common problem as they knew exactly what to do), since then no food smells.

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glamorgirl

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 14:03

Wake up at 6:30 and turn off the AC for an hour is your best option as you really cannot tell someone when to cook food in their own home.

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bodabz

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 13:58

Different cultures have different food for breakfast. When I was in India I found it hard having curry for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

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kayserra132833

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 13:54

do you think the smell comes from th e vents or under your main door?

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kansou

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 13:53

Do you have an en-suite? if so make sure that the door is shut - the smells (and ciggie smoke) from my neighbours comes in via my bathroom extractor fan things. I find if I even leave the door ajar my bedroom smells like what i imagine rockbottom to smell like ;) we i discovered that when A/C is off it doesnt smell, but then we'll smell because we will sweat :D:D:D

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kansou

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 13:52

I'm afraid this is the downside of apartment living. No, you can't ask them not to cook their breakfast at a time that suits them, any more than they can ask you to cook your dinner according to their schedule. Perhaps ask management/maintenance to look into the problem. Sometimes it's a construction problem and a gap in the wall forcing air through the ceiling space between apartments/villas. well it's not really a smell of a breakfast believe me... it smells like they are cooking dinner in the morning! well organised, i agree but i can't smell it in the morning even if my mom will cook it in my own apartment, it's a morning!!!

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amelia32289

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 11:33

Even if you move somewhere else, you could still have the same problem. Unfortunately it happens in most buildings.

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Princess_I45169

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 11:19

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Green-ish

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 11:18

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kansou

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Latest post on 25 September 2011 - 11:15

I know I can't stop them cooking in the morning and I know for sure our A/C or whatever brings that smell in our apartment won't be fixed as this is how most of the building were built in this city, but I have a question can I actually ask my neighbours kindly to retrain from cooking early morning as I hate my life when the smell hits my nose at 6.30 AM regardless of whether it's a weekend or a working week! We are even thinking to move out but I love my apartment, and I'm sick of moving places every year and it won't be easy this year with a baby...

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