Kent County · Grand Rapids area
ZIP 49548 follows Division Avenue south from Wyoming into Cutlerville. Wyoming holds about 45 percent of its land, Gaines Township and Kentwood about a fifth each, and Byron Township most of the rest, while Cutlerville itself straddles the Byron and Gaines line. The referral line reaches an independent cleanup company for trauma, unattended death, blood, biohazard or hoarding jobs anywhere in that corridor.
Call the Cutlerville & South Wyoming (49548) line(616) 888-7427
Cutlerville takes its name from John Cutler, who bought 312 acres here in 1853; his son's 1891 mansion became the nucleus of Pine Rest's 68th Street campus. The Cutlerville CDP counted 17,849 residents in 2020, mostly on the Byron Township side, and US-131 runs through its center with an interchange at M-6. Gaines Charter Township counted 28,812 residents in 2020, Byron Township 26,927. Farther north, Wyoming's Godwin Heights and Home Acres neighborhoods were platted cheaply in the 1920s, and some of those houses were built without basements. Half the homes in 49548 were standing by about 1971, well before most of the surrounding suburbs filled in.
Nearly a quarter of homes in this ZIP are manufactured homes, and close to four in ten were built before 1960. That combination means cleanup crews meet everything from crawl spaces and slab floors to particleboard decking. Roughly 73 percent of homes are owner-occupied, and where a manufactured home sits in a community, park management becomes part of the conversation.
Division Avenue runs the full length of the ZIP, crossed by 44th, 54th and 68th streets, while M-6, the Paul B. Henry Freeway, slices east to west through the middle. Godwin Heights and Kelloggsville high schools anchor the Wyoming side, with Kelloggsville's right on Division Avenue. Pine Rest's campus sits on the Gaines side of Cutlerville, and Plaster Creek crosses the north end near Kellogg Woods Park in Kentwood. Wyoming became a city in 1959 after decades of annexation fights with Grand Rapids.
Police coverage changes as you travel down Division Avenue. In Wyoming, a 911 call brings the Wyoming Department of Public Safety, created in 2014 when the city combined police and fire administration. Cutlerville is unincorporated, so its Gaines Township and Byron Township portions are covered by the Kent County Sheriff's Office. Kentwood addresses go to the Kentwood Police Department, and the Grand Rapids sliver to Grand Rapids police. Michigan State Police handle the M-6 freeway. Wait for the agency to release the scene before cleaning. If you live in a manufactured home community, ask its office about contractor access and dumpster rules, and renters should tell the landlord quickly, since the lease often decides who arranges and pays for cleanup.
Cutlerville & South Wyoming (49548) · 616 line · (616) 888-7427
Wyoming holds about 45 percent of 49548's land, with Gaines Charter Township, Kentwood and Byron Township next and a sliver of Grand Rapids. The Cutlerville census-designated place covers much of the southern half. Godwin Heights and Kelloggsville high schools, Pine Rest's 68th Street campus, Kellogg Woods Park, Division Avenue and M-6 are all inside, and nearly a quarter of homes are manufactured units, many in park communities.
Start with 911. Kent County Sheriff's deputies respond in the Gaines and Byron township parts of Cutlerville. After the scene is released, contact the community office, which may have rules about contractors and dumpsters. Then the homeowner, next of kin or estate can arrange cleanup. A probate attorney can help sort out who has authority over the home.
They can be. Some houses in Godwin Heights and Home Acres date to the 1920s and sit over crawl spaces rather than basements, with old wood floors and plaster. Contamination may reach places that need cutting out rather than surface cleaning. An inspection should come first, with a plain explanation of what must be removed.
No. Biohazard materials need proper handling and disposal, and the landlord usually controls work on the property. Tell the landlord promptly, ask for a written list of anything the company removes, keep the police case number, and check whether your renters insurance covers belongings or temporary housing. Owners usually hire and coordinate the cleanup firm directly.
In older houses along the Division corridor, fluids can run through gaps in old wood floors into a crawl space; in manufactured homes, they soak into particleboard decking. The plan should cover how the floor gets opened, what is cut out, whether framing or soil needs treatment, and how the area is sealed again.
Small 1920s houses and manufactured homes have little spare room, so a hoarding job here fills a space quickly and leaves narrow paths. Worth settling early: how papers, photos and valuables get sorted, where a dumpster fits on a tight lot or within park rules, and how pests or spoiled food are handled.
After a shooting, assault or break-in, the Wyoming Department of Public Safety, Kentwood police or Sheriff's deputies hold the scene until investigators finish. After that, blood, glass and fingerprint powder can come out of the house. A written estimate, photos before work and an itemized list of everything removed will help with your insurer.