There’s a problem in an apartment building in Innsbruck: it stinks. In the whole hallway – you can hardly help it, as two desperate residents describe. After very graphic descriptions of the situation on the phone, the “Tiroler Krone” took a (fragrance) photo for itself on the spot.
Have you eaten yet? You can only hope so, because the following descriptions will make you lose your appetite: “It smells so bad in the stool, I had to throw up!” A desperate lady describes the condition, which has apparently been around since the summer, when the “crown” of the local nose certificate arrives.
“It’s been like this since June when this extreme heat was going on,” explains a neighbor. It actually stinks – even if breakfast didn’t hit the driveway. “We also just ventilated, but that is not always possible in the winter, because the whole house cools down,” continues the retiree. The neighbor nods in agreement.
‘It’s just so embarrassing when visitors come’
The source of the smell is a mystery: it probably comes from an apartment on the same floor, but who lives here? Neither a name tag nor any other indication of the person living there can be found on the supposedly “correct” door of the apartment. Rumor has it that an elderly gentleman lives here, but the two women never saw him.
Does he no longer keep up with hygiene because of his age, does he have a depression? “It’s just so embarrassing when visitors come,” sighs the neighbor, “apart from the fact that you almost fall over from the stench.” The women try to counteract it: they ventilate as much as they can and spray room spray. “The stench even enters my apartment through the ventilation!” She also closes her apartment door as well as she can.
Yes, understanding, but “difficult” to intervene
What can you do there? In short: nothing! The police see the responsibility with the MÜG, the MÜG says: “Difficult.” The woman is certainly telling the truth, but there’s really nothing you can do about it. In addition to the daily stench, the sufferer is also concerned that the apartment will lose value. After all, who wants to buy an apartment with a bad smell?
“You have the feeling that you are standing in the middle of the toilet,” says the neighbor as she says goodbye. “At first I thought there was a dead person in the apartment – but then I was told it didn’t smell like a corpse.” You don’t know exactly what’s behind the stench, of course – but just the idea of being live in this fragrant environment suggests a human drama. Apparently he does not want to be helped, the pensioners suspect. And of course you can’t or don’t want to help her.
Source: Krone
I am Ida Scott, a journalist and content author with a passion for uncovering the truth. I have been writing professionally for Today Times Live since 2020 and specialize in political news. My career began when I was just 17; I had already developed a knack for research and an eye for detail which made me stand out from my peers.
