Pre-listing odor in the communities around Denver
The communities around Denver were built in different decades, on different soils and with different basements, so the odor a seller finds before listing varies from one to the next. These pages look at the housing stock typical of each community, where odor tends to settle in it, and which local offices to check with before work starts.
- Pre-listing odor in central Denver's older homes
Central Denver neighborhoods are full of Victorian-era houses, Denver Squares, bungalows and converted apartment buildings. Their age shapes where odor hides, and the City and County of Denver is the local government for everything inside its limits.
- Getting an Aurora home odor-free before it lists
Aurora is large and was built over many decades, so the odor issues before a sale depend heavily on which part of the city the house is in. Older homes near the Colfax corridor face different problems than a 2000s two-story in the southeast.
- Pre-listing odor in Lakewood ranches and split-levels
Lakewood grew quickly after the Second World War, and much of its housing is single-story ranches and split-levels from the 1950s through the 1970s. Crawl spaces, partial basements and clay soils make moisture-related odor the theme to watch.
- Pre-listing odor in Centennial's suburban homes
Centennial became a city in 2001, but most of its neighborhoods were built in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Many homes are reaching the age where original systems and finishes start holding odor, just as long-time owners decide to sell.
- Odor prep for Littleton sellers, and which office to ask
Littleton covers a historic downtown, mid-century neighborhoods and a wide ring of suburbs that carry a Littleton mailing address without being in the city. That affects who to ask about permits as much as what kind of odor to expect.
- Odor before selling an Englewood bungalow or cottage
Englewood is a compact, older city just south of Denver, with many small homes from the 1920s through the 1950s on modest lots. Small houses concentrate odor, and many have been rentals or owner-occupied for decades.
- Pre-listing odor in Arvada homes, old and new
Arvada mixes older homes near Olde Town, large mid-century neighborhoods of ranches and split-levels, and newer subdivisions to the northwest. The odor a seller deals with depends on which of those the house belongs to.