Please help diagnose my bathroom smell!

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For the past few weeks we've started to get a stagnant water smell in our bathroom. We can't find a leak in there but it seems to smell worse under the bath. We live in a flat with someone above and below us. The guy below has noticed a smell too but also has no leak and is convinced his smell is damp. Our smell seems to have no relationship to us using anything in the bathroom and everything drains ok. The smell is awful some days and not there at all on others.

I've started to wonder if it could be related to the washing machine. The machine backs onto the bathroom wall where the bath is. Sometimes if you go in the bathroom while the washer is on it smells very strongly of washing powder. The washer doesn't smell itself though nor do the clothes when you take them out or the kitchen. You can just smell overpowering washing powder in the bathroom. I've not noticed the stagnant water smell immediately after doing a wash but I guess it could be just being overpowered by the powder smell.

Any ideas would be welcome. I'm quite worried about what could be causing the stink especially as I'm eight months pregnant and don't want to be breathing in anything harmful.

Thanks!
 
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When I first met my wife, she had all kinds of smells in her rented house every time she used the shower.

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