Chilling new details emerge after the decomposed bodies of two men were found inside a Surry Hills inner-city terrace
Police made the grisly finds after they received a request to conduct a welfare check at a Cleveland Street home in Sydney 's inner-city Surry Hills on Thursday.
The bodies of the men, aged in their 70s and 80s were found in different levels of the home, which was so decrepit that some shocked locals thought it was abandoned.
Police say a woman was living with the bodies of two men for almost a month.
Eleanor Barker, 63, has since spoken with detectives. Police say she isn't suspected of any wrongdoing involved the deaths.
No arrests or charges have been laid.
A police source told the Sydney Morning Herald the discovery was being considered as 'a sad story at this stage'.
Neighbours told Nine News that Ms Barker had appeared 'upbeat' in recent days.
Other neighbours recalled Ms Baker regularly but had not seen the men for 'quite some time'.
The only obvious signs of the tragedy on Friday were police tape at the property and dozens of officers examining the home.
Described as a hoarder's house, the home was infested with rats and birds.
From the street, it appeared rundown, with piles of discarded items strewn across the front of the terrace.
'I mean I've always seen this house, I didn't know if people lived in it, but it doesn't really look like people do,' neighbour Aisha Mingai said.
Police and forensic officers combed the property on Friday, where detectives seized electrical cables.
Officers also doorknocked neighbours to gather more information.
Police are now working to determine why the deaths went unreported for so long.
Police also hope that autopsies will shed light of how and when the men died.
The bodies were so decomposed that the identities of the men are yet to be confirmed.
However, it's understood their bodies had no obvious signs of injury
Neighbour Mitchell Morri told Nine News he often saw the men outside the house.
'They're really nice, I'd always pass them on the street. One of the guys used to have a VB longneck out the front,' he said.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers.
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