Outraged Robert Hotchkiss, 65, has turned to environmental health in a bid to get the public health hazard resolved. Robert Hotchkiss broken drainage pipe (Image: George Munro)Robert Hotchkiss broken drainage pipe (Image: George Munro)Robert Hotchkiss broken drainage pipe (Image: George Munro)Factors Newton Properties, who are responsible for the building Robert lives in, told the Tele that they alerted Inverclyde Council after their team carried out an inspection. "The broken pipe is causing such a mess and it is so easily fixed." "The garden is all communal, but the area with the sewage is right outside our window and it smells." Robert Hotchkiss broken drainage pipe (Image: George Munro)Robert Hotchkiss broken drainage pipe (Image: George Munro)Robert Hotchkiss broken drainage pipe (Image: George Munro)Newton Properties, who factor two Brisbane Street properties, told the Tele they had alerted environmental health to the problems in the neighbouring property, which lies between the two flats it supports.