We moved into our new home 5 months ago. Built about 1950-60 I reckon.
There is a horrific musty smell, mainly in the kitchen but sometimes through the plugholes in the upstairs bathroom.
It seems to get worse when it rains.
In the kitchen, I pin-pointed the smell and lifted a few...
Have a similar problem with a really rotten smell in the kitchen.
Smells like damp rags or dirty washing times ten.
I lifted a few floorboards and had a look underneath.
Right where the smells coming from, and under the joists, there is what looks like a square well. It's about 3 bricks long...