Clear up after death

Can't offer any advice, but I am surprised at the slow response from the council. When my grandfather died (not too far from the op - Ripley) Amber Valley council were badgering my mum to release his house as soon as possible so it could be rented out to a family - to the extent that they were telling people the house was coming up. We sent a few away with a flea in the ear as he wasn't even buried yet and the moochers were expecting guided tours of the house !
 
As I understand it from reading the thread, the flat is privately owned, having been purchased from the council by the deceased, so the council can't recover it.

The deceased will have an estate, of which the flat forms part. If the deceased has made a will then his estate will be executed according to that will. The OP should try to find the executor of the estate and get them to fix the problem.
 
Dis86 said:
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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We had to give two police officers custody clothing last week as they'd been to a particularly smelly dead body sealed up in a flat. Even the officer who collected the clothing and hadn't been to the scene smelled a bit.

The forensic cleaners at work use Shades Cranberry crush air freshener. It comes in a massive can and fires like a fire extinguisher. IIRC you can get it on the rainforest, it's about a fiver a can though. (We use it in custody after smelly detainees too, it's great, it can cover up the smell of necrotic leg ulcers and tramps feet)
 
Burnsy2023 said:
That's not the job of either the police or undertaker, who are likely to be the only people who went into the property.
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Have to say I'm very surprised by this. I've never had to deal with anything along these lines in my 41 years, but I always just assumed that the mess would be cleaned as soon as the body had been removed. I'm actually shocked to learn that the OPs situation can/does happen. There's seriously no public health law that cuts through the red tape in situations like this?

I feel kinda naive about life all of a sudden :eek:
 
Well thankfully the smell has dissipated a bit tonight, maybe the colder temp? Maybe I'm just getting used to it? :confused:

Anyway, I've learnt a few things in the last week or so, not stuff I really wanted to learn, but it's been an experience.
 
I think I'd be covering the whole door with some plastic sheeting and taping it air tight against the frame. No damage. Can be removed. Should stop most of the smell.
 
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