<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The deaths of two men whose decomposing bodies were found in an inner-city </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> home are not believed to be suspicious.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The remains of a 74-year-old and an 83-year-old were found in their Surry Hills home on July 5 after a friend of the woman who also lived there, called police, prompting a welfare check.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eleanor Barker, 63, had been living with the men before and after their deaths, which police believe were "at different times within the past month".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police spoke to Barker but no charges were laid and they said the deaths were "not believed to be suspicious".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives went door-to-door on Cleveland Street trying to establish a timeline of when the two men were last seen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbours told 9News they had spoken with Barker in the days before the bodies were discovered and described her as seemingly upbeat and chatty.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They were both really nice, always passed them on the street, one of the guys used to have a VB long neck out the front there," neighbour Mitchell Morri said of the men.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-deaths-of-men-in-surry-hills-home-not-suspicious/fd4e7d15-df1e-4a3c-a9cc-415c104a972d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said the investigation continued and a report would be prepared for the coroner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Both men are believed to have died in the house at different times within the past month and their deaths are not believed to be suspicious," they said, in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A 63-year-old woman who lives at the same house has been spoken to by detectives."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>