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Sewer Gas. Four Children. One Council Who Did Nothing.


⟡ The Flat That Tried to Kill Us ⟡

Filed: May 2025
Reference: SWANK/HSE/ELGIN-HAZARD
📎 Download PDF — 2025-05_SWANK_HSE_Complaint_ElginCrescent_SewerGasExposure_RBKC_ThamesWater_LandlordNegligence.pdf

I. Sewer Gas. Four Children. One Council Who Did Nothing.

This formal complaint, submitted to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), names:

  • The landlord of 37 Elgin Crescent (Elad Katz / AirRock Group)

  • Thames Water Utilities Ltd.

  • RBKC Environmental Health Department

The allegations:

  • Prolonged and dangerous hydrogen sulphide exposure

  • Multiple hospitalisations and respiratory crises

  • Ignored disability accommodations and medical evidence

  • Structural neglect and utilities denial despite statutory notice

This wasn’t damp.
It was airborne threat by negligence — and they let children inhale it.

II. What They Let Us Breathe

The complaint details:

  • Failed intervention despite formal gas detection

  • “Low-risk” minimisation language while symptoms escalated

  • Repeated obfuscation from Thames Water, demanding proof of fatality before action

  • RBKC’s refusal to act on statutory duties after complaints were filed

This wasn’t a misunderstanding.
It was a coordinated quieting of risk — and of the family it harmed.

We suffocated quietly.
The archive responds loudly.

III. Why SWANK Filed It

Because no family should need a legal team just to breathe.
Because disability adjustments do not dissolve under gas.
Because when three institutions coordinate inaction, they become co-defendants, not departments.

Let the record show:

  • The symptoms were reported

  • The air was toxic

  • The medical records were real

  • And SWANK — filed it to the regulator with oxygen and timestamps

This isn’t housing complaint.
It’s environmental evidence framed in child safety and court language.

IV. SWANK’s Position

We do not permit structural endangerment to be filed as “maintenance delay.”
We do not accept that disabled tenants must prove harm before officials intervene.
We do not redact the names of those who ignored respiratory collapse.

Let the record show:

The gas came in.
The help didn’t.
The invoices were silent.
And SWANK — filed the air they made unbreathable.

This isn’t an allegation.
It’s sealed evidence — and they’ve already inhaled their liability.




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Chestertons Took the Keys. They Ignored the Gas.


⟡ The Managing Agent Who Inherited a Crime Scene — and Did Nothing ⟡

Filed: 19 May 2025
Reference: SWANK/ESTATE/CHESTERTONS-INERTIA
📎 Download PDF — 2025-05-19_SWANK_Complaint_Chestertons_ManagingAgentFailure_ElginCrescent_SewerGas_DisabilityRisk.pdf

I. Chestertons Took the Keys. They Ignored the Gas.

When Chestertons assumed property management of 37 Elgin Crescent in May 2025, they inherited more than a flat — they inherited:

  • A medical hazard formally recorded with HSE

  • Verified correspondence citing respiratory collapse

  • A vulnerable tenant with multiple protected disabilities

  • A landlord (Elad Katz/AirRock) with a litigation trail dating back years

Their response?

A breezy silence.
Not even a “Dear Tenant.”
Just procedural ghosting by brand name.

II. When Management Becomes Accessory

The file details:

  • Zero contact following notification of chemical hazard

  • Refusal to acknowledge prior environmental investigations

  • No provision of alternate accommodation

  • Total disregard for tenants’ rights under the Equality Act 2010 and Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

They assumed legal control.
They ignored legal duty.
And now — they're included in the record.

III. Why SWANK Filed It

Because estate agents who inherit risk also inherit responsibility.
Because management is not a buffer against liability — it is the seat of it.
Because when gas, collapse, and children are on file, silence is participation.

Let the record show:

  • The agency was informed

  • The hazards were documented

  • The response was absence

  • And SWANK — filed it for citation, litigation, and regulator review

This isn’t negligence.
It’s decorated complicity in property brochure font.

IV. SWANK’s Position

We do not permit agents to distance themselves from harm once they assume control.
We do not accept that gas, illness, and inaction can be disclaimed with rebranding.
We do not redact real estate agencies from hazard chains.

Let the record show:

The danger continued.
The agency arrived.
The inaction remained.
And SWANK — archived the entire sequence.

This is not “a new chapter.”
It’s the same crime — under different stationery.




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