Lol – Fortunately I haven’t found a tenand who had died yet, though I have had a couple where tenants have died in the property and I’ve had to deal with the aftermath. Been doing this for a few years now and apparently according to the law of averages I’m about due to come across one.

I like to think I am a fairly level headed sort of person and because of my personal beliefs wouldn’t be too bothered. I would exit the property, call the police to report it, call the office to cancel my next few appointments while I deal with the issue and then return to the office to sort out the paperwork side of things.

My biggest concern is that I will find a tenant who has been killed by another person and THEN my fear is more that the perpetrator is still on the premises behind a door….. in a closet…….. under the bed…… ARGH!!!!! :)

There could be a good black comedy movie in this. Kind of a Weekend at Bernies or one of those hide the body and the body disappears kind of flicks. :)

I often think there are a lot of good movies and books yet to come out of property management!!!!

Sarah. We had this discussion last night at our christmas party. I think if each office wrote a book there would be some amazing best sellers out there.

Fortunantely I have not had to witness a corpse but have also had to handle the aftermath. Including taking photo’s of a pretty horriffic suicide.

Clint – damn, I must admit that my photos weren’t too horrific thankfully.

Clint – Did the police advise of specific cleaners for the job or did they just get it done?

Soda water just doesn’t cut it sometimes.

I’ve always got trauma cleaners on the books if I need them. Being where I have previously managed I have had to use them for druggo clean ups more than anything thankfully. Best bet is to find a good one that services your area and go with them!

They didnt organise any cleaning but they told us who to use. There are certain chemicals (formaldahide I think its called) that only some cleaners use.

Another good tip I received from a funeral home director, if there is a corpse left in a property for some time and it creates an odour to use citrus based air freshner and lots of it.

Citrus huh? That stuff is good for everything, if you have a neighbours cat using your property as it’s kitty litter just put some orange peel in the garden beds you don’t want it in and it will avoid it – they really don’t like the citrus in their kitty litter :).