Officers burst into the south London flat on Thursday afternoon, after 'concerns for the welfare' of its occupants.
Upon entering the Wimbledon flat, they suspected a gas leak, and quickly evacuated residents as a precaution.
A neighbour suggested on Friday that the couple could have deliberately gassed themselves to death.
The man, who didn't wish to be named, said: 'I think there's a question as to whether it was a double suicide.
'A friend of mine had been talking to the police officer.
'She said that one of the officers told her that when they broke in to the flat they found a note on the chair that said something to the effect of, 'be careful, carbon monoxide'.'
The neighbour said he did not know the couple, but thought they had been renting for no more than a year.
He said that police were called after family and friends were unable to get hold of the couple.
The man, who is in his seventies, said: 'The couple were in their sixties and were renting. They had lived there for a year or maybe less.
'I didn't know them. I only really saw him and I think I only saw her once.
'I understand the reason why the police intervened was because either family or friends had been trying to contact them and hadn't heard from them.
'That was what the same friend told me. You could surmise that they had probably been dead for some time.'
He added: 'It was shocking, I only saw the man a few days ago. They seemed nice but not over-friendly. I don't think anyone in the flats knew them well.'
Paramedics and firefighters attended the scene.
A spokesperson from Scotland Yard said: 'Whilst enquiries into the circumstances of the deaths continue, it is being treated as non-suspicious at this stage.'
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