Southwest Lexington biohazard cleanup, from Southland Drive to Beaumont

Southwest Lexington runs from the Red Mile and the ranch-house streets off Southland Drive out past Man o' War Boulevard to Beaumont, Palomar and the farmland along South Elkhorn Creek. Within a few miles you pass 1950s brick ranches, big apartment complexes on Versailles Road and Alexandria Drive, and winding 1990s subdivisions. That spread is why no two cleanup calls here look alike. Nobody on our end owns a truck or sends technicians. Call the line, and we match you with an independent crew that serves your part of the district.

(859) 459-1068Calls route to independent companies ZIPs covered here

40503
40504
40513
40514

Who to call, briefly

Start with 911 so the Lexington Police Department and the Fayette County Coroner's Office can respond and release the home. Then call our line: we match you with an independent biohazard, hoarding or trauma cleanup company that serves 40503, 40504, 40513 and 40514, covering Picadome and Southland, Cardinal Valley and Gardenside, Beaumont, Palomar and Wyndham Hills.

1Four southwest ZIPs, street by street

40503

Lexington

Between Harrodsburg and Nicholasville roads: Picadome, Southland, Wellington, Hill-N-Dale, Pensacola Park, Seven Parks and Stonewall, plus Fayette Mall, Lexington Green, Shillito Park and Baptist Health Lexington. The typical home dates to the late 1960s, about seven in ten are detached houses, and roughly three in five are owner-occupied. Calls here may involve a longtime owner's house, sometimes a hoarding or estate cleanout, plus apartments near the Nicholasville Road retail strip.

Also in this ZIP: Southern Heights · Higbee Mill
Roads to know: Southland Drive · Clays Mill Road (north of Man o' War) · Harrodsburg Road (east side) · West Reynolds Road
Nearby landmarks: Wellington Park · Lafayette High School · Lexington Catholic High School

Homes counted: 12,615
Median build year: 1967
Lived in by owners: 62%
Single-family detached: 69%
In 10+ unit buildings: 18%

40504

Lexington

The west side inside and around New Circle: Cardinal Valley, Gardenside, Pine Meadows, Garden Springs, Hamilton Park-Westgate and the Calumet Area, with the Red Mile, McConnell Springs and Wolf Run Park nearby. About two in three homes are rented, and large complexes line Versailles Road and Alexandria Drive. Expect apartment jobs that need a manager's sign-off, alongside 1950s and '60s ranches in Gardenside and Cardinal Valley.

Also in this ZIP: Saddle Club
Roads to know: Harrodsburg Road by Turfland · Red Mile Road · Parkers Mill Road
Nearby landmarks: McConnell Springs Park · Gardenside Park · Pine Meadows Park · Valley Park · Beaumont Middle School

Homes counted: 12,412
Median build year: 1969
Lived in by owners: 34%
Single-family detached: 43%
In 10+ unit buildings: 34%

40513

Lexington

Beaumont, Palomar Hills, Firebrook, Wellesley Heights and Lexington Oaks fill the southwest corner, with Beaumont Centre, Palomar Centre, Dunbar High and Beaumont Preserve. Houses here are mostly from the 1990s and later, with townhome and apartment clusters near Beaumont Centre Circle. Past the subdivisions, rural roads run toward South Elkhorn Creek and the Jessamine and Woodford lines, where a crew may be hauling waste from farmhouses on long driveways.

Also in this ZIP: Cave Hill Place
Roads to know: Man o' War Boulevard (west) · Parkers Mill Road · Harrodsburg Road at Palomar · Versailles Road (south side)
Nearby landmarks: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School · Rosa Parks Elementary · Harrods Hill Park · Cardinal Run Park North

Homes counted: 4,565
Median build year: 1995
Lived in by owners: 73%
Single-family detached: 68%
In 10+ unit buildings: 16%

40514

Lexington

A compact pocket south of Man o' War Boulevard between Harrodsburg and Clays Mill roads: Wyndham Hills, Wyndham Downs, Copperfield, Copper Run, Clemens Heights and Magnolia Run, with Waveland State Historic Site, Dogwood Park and Waverly Park. Nearly eight in ten homes are detached houses and about three in four are owner-occupied, none older than 1950. Calls here usually involve family homes, so plan where a roll-off can sit without blocking a neighbor's drive.

Also in this ZIP: Plantation
Roads to know: Harrodsburg Road (south)

Homes counted: 6,481
Median build year: 1995
Lived in by owners: 74%
Single-family detached: 78%
Pre-1950 housing: 0%

Household and housing numbers: 2020–2024 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau, five-year figures for each ZIP area. Agency names, addresses and ZIP placements on this page were checked against Lexington-Fayette, county, city and Kentucky state sources in October 2026.

2What Southwest Lexington calls us about

Clearing a hoarded home

Decades in the same ranch house off Southland Drive or in Picadome can mean rooms, carports and sheds filled floor to ceiling. These jobs often start after a parent moves into assisted living or dies, with the family living elsewhere. Technicians work room by room, set aside papers and keepsakes, treat pests and odor, and haul the rest, often across more than one visit, with a roll-off in the driveway.

Unattended death cleanup

In big complexes along Versailles Road and Alexandria Drive, and on quiet streets in Firebrook or Copperfield, a tenant or retiree on their own might not be checked on for a while. After the Fayette County Coroner's Office gives the go-ahead, the job covers flooring, subfloor, furniture and air handling. In an apartment, the units next door and below get checked for seepage or odor too.

Sewage in the basement

Lexington's sewer system has been under a federal consent decree over overflows since 2011, and the city warns that grease poured down drains clogs pipes and pushes sewage back into homes. In Wyndham Hills, Beaumont or Pine Meadows, a backup into a lower level ruins carpet, drywall and stored boxes. Water gets pumped out, soaked material removed, and salvageable items cleaned, dried and documented for your adjuster.

3Ranches, apartments and newer subdivisions

Inside New Circle, the 40503 and 40504 ZIPs grew up in the 1950s through the '70s. Picadome, Southland, Wellington, Gardenside, Cardinal Valley and Pine Meadows are block after block of brick ranches and split-levels with carports, crawl spaces and small basements. Houses held by one family for decades can fill with stored belongings, which turns an estate cleanout into a bigger job. Removal tends to involve garages, sheds and back bedrooms more than attics.

Renting dominates the west side. In 40504 only about one home in three is owner-occupied, and roughly a third of all units are in larger complexes of ten-plus apartments along Versailles Road, Alexandria Drive and Harrodsburg Road near the old Turfland site. Apartment jobs bring property managers, lease questions and neighbors on shared walls. Encompass Health Cardinal Hill on Versailles Road, Baptist Health Lexington on Nicholasville Road and CommonSpirit Saint Joseph Hospital off Harrodsburg Road are all close by, and families caring for someone just home from one of them sometimes call about blood or bodily fluids in a bedroom or bath.

Past Man o' War the housing turns newer. Beaumont, Palomar Hills, Firebrook, Wyndham Hills and Copperfield were built mostly from the late 1980s on, nearly three in four homes are owner-occupied, and practically nothing predates 1950. Paul Laurence Dunbar High School anchors the Beaumont side, and Waveland State Historic Site sits among the Wyndham-area streets. The South Elkhorn watershed drains this corner of the county toward the Jessamine and Woodford lines, so contaminated water and spills should never be hosed into storm drains, ditches or backyard swales.

4Lexington Police, the coroner, then cleanup

Dial 911. Every address in these ZIPs, from Gardenside to the Jessamine County line, falls to the Lexington Police Department, because the city and county share one government. Any sudden, unattended or violent death brings in the Fayette County Coroner's Office, and state law bars anyone from moving the body or items from it until the coroner directs. Keep the home closed until both agencies say you may go back in. Tenants in a Versailles Road or Alexandria Drive complex should call the property manager, who often chooses the vendor and handles the owner's insurance. Homeowners in Beaumont, Palomar or Wyndham Hills should check any deed or association rules before a roll-off container lands on the street. Then call us with the address and what happened.

Before a southwest-side cleanup starts

Jot down the Lexington Police report number and which Fayette coroner's investigator came out to the house.
In a Gardenside or Cardinal Valley rental, ask the manager in writing who is ordering and paying for the cleanup.
Check whether your Beaumont, Palomar or Wyndham Hills street has association rules on dumpsters before a hoarding cleanout begins.
In older Southland and Picadome ranches, box up photos, papers and keepsakes so the crew leaves them alone.
For a rural place near South Elkhorn Creek, tell the crew about the driveway, gates and where a truck can park.

5Southland, Beaumont and Wyndham Hills questions

Who responds to a death in a Beaumont or Palomar home, police or the sheriff?

The Lexington Police Department. Lexington and Fayette County merged in 1974, so city police cover Beaumont, Palomar and even the rural roads out toward South Elkhorn Creek; the sheriff's office handles courts, taxes and papers, not neighborhood calls. The Fayette County Coroner's Office comes for any death that is sudden or unexplained. Cleanup starts only after both have released the home.

My mother's house off Southland Drive is badly cluttered. Can you help before we list it?

Yes. Call us with the address and a rough sense of how full the rooms, garage and shed are. We connect you with an independent crew that does hoarding cleanouts around 40503; they usually walk through first and explain what goes, what gets saved for you, and how long it may take. A real estate agent or attorney can answer disclosure questions.

Does homeowners insurance cover a sewage backup in my Wyndham Hills basement?

Sometimes. It depends on the wording of your policy, so ask specifically about sewer backup, and note that Kentucky's insurance department says homeowner policies do not cover flood. Phone your adjuster before tearing anything out, and photograph the high-water mark on the walls plus every ruined box. Ask the crew you hire in Wyndham Hills to document each step with photos for your adjuster.