Grumpy neighbor who dislikes cats reports woman for strong feline odor despite deep cleaning the apartment daily, RSPCA comes and tells her everything is fine: 'She's probably just an unhappy lady'

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Nov 16, 2025 6:00 PM EST

We've all been there – problems with roommates or neighbors. The desire to sequester oneself and live alone on a mountain top can really speak volumes when you have the slightest accosting interaction with someone you live next to. Whether it's about you not watering your lawn enough, making too much noise, or cooking fish every night and letting the smell waft into their apartment window, there's going to be something at some point with a neighbor. In the story below, the protagonist is a cat mom who deep cleans her apartment every single day. One could argue she goes a bit overboard. As quoted from the piece, "I'm currently steam cleaning twice daily, hoovering three times daily, wiping the walls, doors down daily, cleaning litter out 3 times daily, I have odour eliminator plugs inside every room baring the bathroom, I have 2 shark air purifier, one in both the rooms for the cats. I spray urine eliminator just as a precaution aswell. I deep clean the carpets every week and pet bedding is washed every week."

But to her disappointment, a sour neighbor won't give her any peace about the smell. Read the full story below. 

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    Neighbour keeps reporting me for odour

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    Hi everyone, To start this of ill give a rough layout so you understand. I'm a bottom floor apartment and the lady complaining is the floor up
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    to the very far right down a hallway. She hasn't approached me once - just keeps making horrible comments to other
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    neighbours and any visitors including delivery people.
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    She has reported me now 3 times for my home smelling like a "corpse" and a "dumb yard".
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    I have technically a 3 bedroom apartment, 2 bed, 1 box room and the cats have both the box and 2nd room to themselves.
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  • This poor woman is deep cleaning all day for nothing. Some people are people pleasers, and it sounds like the narrator here is like that. If none of the other neighbors complain about the smell then it's probably nothing. 

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    Filled with wall toys, exercise wheels, cat towers etc. So I could appreciate that could be not
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    pleasant as one of there rooms is by the door... but im on top of everything
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    Im currently steam cleaning twice daily, hoovering three times daily, wiping the walls, doors down daily, cleaning litter out 3 times
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    daily, I have odour eliminator plugs inside every room baring the bathroom (checked with my vet first before using), I have 2
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    shark air purifier (neverchange5) one in both the rooms for the cats. I spray urine eliminator just as a precaution aswell. I deep
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    clean the carpets every week and pet bedding is washed every week.
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    Am I missing something?! I spoke to the neighbour closer to me and she said she hates cats and she doesn't smell anything.
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    However, this woman is non stop reporting me. I have had the RSPCA and the housing management out to view my
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    home. The RSPCA originally treated me like a monster. I was beyond horrified when it happened. Both the RSPCA and
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    management said they don't know why they was called out as everything's fine.
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    I really want to try help eliminate whatever smell she's smelling but I'm out of ideas - any advice or suggestions PLEASE! (I cant put
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    automatic air fresheners etc in the complex incase someone has respiratory issues)
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    Foreign-Original... • 12h ago she's probably just an unhappy lady who hates cats
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    • TipsyMagpie 11h ago You are doing way too much. You are going to damage your things steam cleaning twice per day. She
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    has made you paranoid, but unless your cats are pissing and shitting everywhere there's no way they could be making the smell described.
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    You should report her for harassment and keep a diary of all interactions with her or the people she's sending
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    after you. This is about her, not you. She just hates cats, and probably something about you as well.
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