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. On a Friday night we knocked, no answer. Left a note, no answer. His light was on, knocked again, no answer. Left a second note, no answer. Went to the tenants below him, they experienced no smell and also never saw the mystery tenant.
Who is this guy? Called his neighbor across the hall who told me two young men live there. Famous fashion photographer parents and leading actor brother. Therefore they must not be cooking meth.
Finally on Sunday night a knock on the door. A nice young man, as described, said he has no smell and isn't painting or spilling chemicals on his ceiling.
First clue, no clue, The Smell persists.
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