A man died in the house, now house has infestation, who can help?

chicorytip

Graces7 wrote:

A council official who saw me leaving my flat one day had a real go at me, much as you are doing.

No, I'm not having a go at all. I think the thread here ought to focus on the sad death of the individual concerned rather than the unpleasant aftermath. I have not seen any media reportage of this particular incident. It brings to mind that tragic event in Leixlip some years ago where four elderly sisters were found dead having apparently decided to end their own lives. This was a busy housing estate but, again, the bodies lay undiscovered for a long period and nothing unusual was noticed until, by chance, one day their landlord called and made the grim discovery.

acai berry

If the unfortunate man's body had lain there for up to three weeks in this weather, it was bound to have decomposed at a faster rate than normal. A lot of fluids, incuding fats, would have seeped down through the floorboards and onto the ceilings of the flat underneath. There possibly is discoloration of the ceiling underneath, if one looks up. I imagine professional cleaners, who specialize in this type of cleaning, would have lifted the floor boards as part of the job. If they weren't specialists in this type of cleaning, i.e. after removal of a body, the floor boards probably were not lifted. Obviously, flies in these numbers would have to have a reason to be there. There has to have been something there for them to lay their eggs on. More than likely, it's still there.


R.I.P the Man Who Died!

Graham

Mod Note

This is the Accommodation & property forum. It is the appropriate place for the OP to post about their Accommodation & Property issues.

zetalambda

Have you tried opening the window?

lawred2

It's been such a warm summer and now with the humidity there are an extraordinary amount of flies everywhere.

We keep a spotless house but keeping the house free from flies is a daily chore.

All it takes is one resident not keeping up high levels of hygiene and the fly infestation would be horrendous.

May not be related to the corpse at all.

BabysCoffee

OP - have you used fly spray?

august12

RachelGeralty wrote:

His body was discovered after 3 weeks.... They cleaned the place over the weekend and it was good for couple of days. Now we have swarm of flies in the house... Landlord fails to provide daily cleaning, where he can be sued? He keeps silent to our requests. What are my rights as a tenant? Our quality of life has deteriorated... Thanks

Ring the HSE and ask for environmental health officer, as others have said, bodily fluids have seeped under the floorboards, this place needs a deep cleaning, I am freaking out just thinking about it,

fishy_fishy

chicorytip wrote: »

No, I'm not having a go at all. I think the thread here ought to focus on the sad death of the individual concerned rather than the unpleasant aftermath.

Except that you are having a go.

You want a thread of "RIP"
"RIP"
"RIP"
"RIP"
"RIP"
"RIP"
???

Seriously? The OP and her building-mates are living in a building infested with flies, possibly/probably as a result of an incomplete cleanup of a decomposing body, and you want people to be focusing on saying "RIP" rather than giving solid advice about who to turn to and what their rights are?

I don't think anyone is saying that it isn't tragic that someone can die and lie there unnoticed for weeks, quite the opposite. But most people aren't too busy virtue signalling to give solid advice to the OP who is in a very distressing situation.

OP, you need the environmental health officer. Take photos, videos etc as evidence. They should be able to advise you on whether you need to be accommodated elsewhere and what needs to be done far better than anyone here can.

Graces7

Many who live alone die alone. The onus is on those who live alone. I have a system set up as I am alone and isolated whereby if I am not in contact for three days the alarm is raised and the keyholder alerted.

Most areas have schemes whereby loners can set this up. The onus is on me to sort that .

Society today is fragmented and folk living especially in estates and social housing tend to seek privacy. They do not know anyone. Community awareness takes decades to build.

Who please carries responsibiliy? The landlord?

Before we set up the contact system, I could have lain dead weeks in some rentals I lived in..

Does not bother me and I would not guilt trip anyone.

In multiple residency houses you cannot know or keep an eye on everyone .

There was a case in Ireland where a farmhouse caught fire in a very remote place. No one knew for weeks ; the couple had died in the fire and it was only when the postman went that it was realised .

By all means set up an alert for solitary folk .

Graces7

Many who live alone die alone. The onus is on those who live alone. I have a system set up as I am alone and isolated whereby if I am not in contact for three days the alarm is raised and the keyholder alerted.

Most areas have schemes whereby loners can set this up. The onus is on me to sort that .

Society today is fragmented and folk living especially in estates and social housing tend to seek privacy. They do not know anyone. Community awareness takes decades to build.

Before we set up the contact system, I could have lain dead weeks in some rentals I lived in..

Does not bother me and I would not guilt trip anyone.

In multiple residency houses you cannot know or keep an eye on everyone .

There was a case in Ireland where a farmhouse caught fire in a very remote place. No one knew for weeks ; the couple had died in the fire and it was only when the postman went that it was realised .

By all means set up an alert for solitary folk . In your own neighbouhood?

But in every case, it is now the living who matter and the subject of this thread was that. And yes it is a serious environmental health matter

pleas advice

If you had been more neighbourly he wouldn't have laid their for 3 weeks undiscovered. It's kinda of your own making, no sympathy

Ah, heor....

keffiyeh

GreeBo wrote: »

Flies are just some of the maggots that escaped now hatching, they will all be gone soon, assuming there isn't a rotting food source somewhere.

Maggots from a corpse though, that's pretty grim innit.

keffiyeh

crusier wrote: »

If you had been more neighbourly he wouldn't have laid their for 3 weeks undiscovered. It's kinda of your own making, no sympathy

Erm, no.

GreeBo

keffiyeh wrote: »

Maggots from a corpse though, that's pretty grim innit.

Maggots is maggots though...

Not sure why people keep trying to turn this into a neighbourhood watch thread... Do y'all know what forum you are in?