A HOUSE of horrors riddled with mould, damp and littered with rubbish has disgusted owner Susan Poyser.
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The Connorton Street property, was recently vacated after Ms Poyser was forced to call the police to evict the tenants.
During the two-and-half years the tenants - a woman and three young children - resided in the house, they inflicted an estimated $10,000 worth of damage to the newly renovated Ashmont property.
The kitchen alone told the story.
A once-new stove was wrecked - doors hanging off and dirty food stains etched onto the enamel.
Cutlery draws forcibly pulled out - hanging by their hinges.
A corner of lino flooring blackened by what could have been burn marks.
A stench so intoxicating it was impossible to shift.
Recently installed laminate benchtops hacked, with huge chunks completely missing.
"They are taking my kindness for granted," a frustrated but buoyant Ms Poyser said.
"I can write a book of excuses."
Ms Poyser who claims she came from a troubled background, has three daughters and "more properties than you could count on your fingers and toes".
The majority are in low-socioeconomic areas, such as Ashmont.
"I feel we now need to put an end to this," she said.
Remembering her own childhood where she was "running from the cops", Ms Poyser is not angry at her tenants, but devastated their lives are in such a state.
"I feel the pain," she sad.
"I see a lady that was really dark, that had lost her way."
Long-time friend and tenant Shantell Bartho says she has helped Ms Poyser clean "six properties in this state".
"I'm shocked, I don't know how people can live like this," Ms Bartho said.
"When I left (my previous house) she (Ms Poyser) rang me up in tears because I left it spotless.
"That's how it should be left."
Local resident Suzie Theobold saw the devastation caused to the fibro house on Facebook, and decided to come down and help Ms Poyser.
"I can't stand people who do this to others," Ms Theobold said.
"I was willing to give her a hand, one doesn't deserve to clean up this filth by themselves."
Ms Poyser is determined tenants need educating or else no affordable housing will be left.
Wearing a singlet emblazoned with "I CAN I WILL" in bold pink letters, surrounded by filth, Ms Poyser is not deterred by the situation.
"I've had tenants who have turned their lives around," she said.
"This is not going to stop me."
