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Possibly, but again they would need to serve notice to enter the property.
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Possibly, but again they would need to serve notice to enter the property.
Assuming there was some way of proving who did it
I'm sure the OP would never consider such a thing, and I doubt any of the neighbours would have seen or heard anything...
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Unfortunately I don't have anything top add beyond what's already been said (other than my best wishes in getting it sorted speedily). However I'm impressed by the ingenuity of GD, if Macgyver owned a cleaning company, this is how it would operate.
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Assuming there was some way of proving who did it
Like I said, if you're going non-legal, you may as well do it properly.
Well, there's a significant difference between blocking the smell with some filler and destroying a door, breaking and entering, and interfering with a "crime scene"*
*assuming the police haven't already established that the death isn't suspicious
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Very sad about the passing. Without wanting to sound crude. Could you not blast some febreze and some nice smellys through the letter box whilst you wait for appropriate action to take place.
Hence why I proposed them going in at the same time as the body recovery folks. Two birds. One stone.
I stand by my original statement that as far as I'm concerned a large part of the body is still there!
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That's bad news Rob. If Jess brother wasn't stopping here you would all be welcome to stop over till it was sorted. He moved in on a temp basis for while.
Indeed, I suppose you could think of it like a chemical spill. Plug the leak or clear up the initial spill, but not do anything about the damage to the environment.
Cheers
I thought that the police still worked with a degree of common sense? I am sure if you explained the situation to any law enforcement officer (assuming that nobody has raised a complaint) I would have no doubt that no action would be taken given the circumstances.
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Sorry to hear that. It's never pleasant.
I've been to a few of those where a decomposing body alerts neighbours or there are a lot of flies in the house and the door has had to be put in. Awful.
I've been to a few of those where a decomposing body alerts neighbours or there are a lot of flies in the house and the door has had to be put in. Awful.
I actually do this as part of my job, it isn't pleasant and it Is the type of odour that once you have smelled it you never ever forget what it is. Sticks to the insides of your nostrils.
Not a cheap clean up job either and usually takes a few sessions with specialty equipment to eradicate the odour given the amount of time it has had to seep into the building.
Not a cheap clean up job either and usually takes a few sessions with specialty equipment to eradicate the odour given the amount of time it has had to seep into the building.
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If it's a flat, have you tried the freeholder or factor?
Failing that, burn it with fire and nuke it from orbit.
Failing that, burn it with fire and nuke it from orbit.
I remember my dad coming home whenever he'd dealt with one. His clothes and even his skin stank of it. Sickly sweet smell of decay. It was horrendous when it was on his uniform.
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That's awful, surely if it's council flats then the housing association can enter the property to clean it up for the next tenant? unless it was owned by the deceased?
I know exactly how the smell is being an undertaker in the past (only done it for 7 months and the things I smelled/saw was horrific) plus it was a dead end job.
I know exactly how the smell is being an undertaker in the past (only done it for 7 months and the things I smelled/saw was horrific) plus it was a dead end job.
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Don't think they can clean up until a death has been ruled as natural causes etc.
If there is anything fishy about the autopsy then the scene needs to be reexamined?
Bit of an update, an ENV officer left a voicemail. They have been to try and gain entry to the flat. I'm guessing that means knocking on the door since its secured, having a sniff and look through the letterbox and seeing what the situation is.
They have now said they will try and get a warrant to gain entry, presumably to assess further and potentially clear. Hope so anyway and maybe what they meant earlier by getting around the legislation with police assistance? It sounds positive at the moment though.
They have now said they will try and get a warrant to gain entry, presumably to assess further and potentially clear. Hope so anyway and maybe what they meant earlier by getting around the legislation with police assistance? It sounds positive at the moment though.
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Just poo through the letterbox after a spicy curry, hopefully it'll mask the smell up for a while, plus the owner won't give a toss as he's on the fluffy clouds.