Customer dies and owes me money

[tricky360]

Ii ve just finished decorating someone's flat, customer and his wife happy with the work and said he will do a bank transfer to me
Finished on Friday la few weeks ago , he text me for my bank details on the Saturday and I forward them to him,
Monday emails me saying he would like some of the paint for touch up and can I drop some off
Wednesday turn up at the flats , no answer, so I go to the reception desk and they said he died on Monday night,

I only had his email and his mobile number, so I printed off the invoice and sent it to his wife,
It's been two weeks now and no payment, what's the next step I can do?
The. Property was a million pound flat ,gated development etc

[tricky360]

Thanks to the people offering proper advise,
The job was a few grand so no small change as some have been implying, he paid a deposit ,and half way paid some more ,but there's still the balance to be paid, which is still a couple more grand.
As for me being insensitive , really?
I've sent one invoice when he asked for it to his email, I don't know if his wife can get access to this,so I sent one via post
That's all I've done so far ,

I've only was told he died via the receptionist not from her or anyone else so can only go on that info.
A couple of other people have joked that he's faking it just not to pay but that to far fetched .

[tricky360]

How can I verify he's dead without chasing up ? Also this wasn't there only residence, they have a place in Somerset so not sure if the invoice I sent had been picked up ,