The walls may still be standing but inside the two-bedroom property police officers found holes in the walls and ceiling, carpets pulled up and wallpaper ripped off.
Dawn Pugh Jones had lived in the property since 2004 but was finally forced to leave after making the lives of nearby residents a 'misery', according to council chiefs.
Trashed: The kitchen of the home in Penparcau was left in a filthy condition with greasy utensils strewn about
Packing up: Dawn Pugh Jones (above) was evicted after Ceredigion county council obtained a court order
No fit state: With wallpaper torn off and holes in the furniture, it will be months before the home is habitable
According to Tai Ceredigion housing association in Wales, the two-bedroom semi-detached house often staged parties and was the subject of constant reports of loud music, shouting and swearing.
The disruption caused by unemployed Pugh Jones was so bad that police had set up a CCTV camera focusing on the door of the house.
Ceredigion county council obtained a Possession Order and Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction at Aberystwyth County Court in October this year.
Last week, bailiffs and officers from Dyfed Powys Police served an eviction order against Pugh Jones, removing her from the house so that the clean-up operation inside could begin.
In the two-bedroom property, there was a stench of stale tobacco, the kitchen units were in a poor state, carpets and tiles had been pulled up, and wallpaper ripped off.
Squalid: The house has been given as a bail address by several court defendants, according to police
Troubled tenant: Pugh Jones has more than 80 convictions and was kicked out after being given an ASBO
Search: Sgt Steve Glynn of the Dyfed Powys
Police Dog Section had to search the house with with Oscar the sniffer
dog (left), officers had been keeping an eye on the known trouble spot
with a CCTV camera (right)
She left holes in walls and a ceiling, and greasy and rusty utensils scattered across the kitchen.
It is estimated that it will take £5,000 and months of cleaning to make the house habitable again.
Dawn Pugh Jones was evicted from the property, which she had lived since 2004, for staging constant loud parties that council chiefs said made the lives of nearby residents a 'misery'.
According to Tai Ceredigion housing association in Wales, the two-bedroom semi-detached house was the subject of constant reports of loud music, shouting, swearing.
Pugh Jones has convictions for violence and drugs offences and according to police, several court defendants have also given the house at 14 Maesheli as their bail address when being released from police custody.
The 41-year-old walked out of the property quietly this week but a lorry carrying her possessions moved her only a mile down the road to a new house that is a six-minute drive away.
One neighbour, who did not wish to be identified, said 'she had made life very tough here', while another another added: 'I’m glad she’s gone.'
Slim pickings: What little of the tenant's was not damaged was taken to her new property just a mile away
'One of the worst': The house will now have to
be boarded up while recovery teams work inside. The damage was some of
most extensive Tai Ceredigion Housing Associaton had seen, according to a
spokesperson
Tai Ceredigion Housing Association said work to make the property habitable again may take several months and could cost in the region of £5,000.
Steve Jones, the housing association’s chief executive, said: 'We are extremely grateful to everyone concerned in helping us to gather evidence to remove this person from the estate, where her behaviour was making life a misery for other tenants and owner-occupiers.'
Arfon Jones, Ceredigion’s anti-social behaviour co-ordinator, added: 'Anti social behavior procedures are established through the Ceredigion Community Safety Partnership.
Police problem: Officers from Dyfed Powys constabulary became involved in the eviction
Enforcers: (L-R) PCSO James Crabb, David Weir
from Tai Ceredigion Housing Association, PCSO Harriet Bergmanski, Arfon
Jones from Ceredigion ASB unit and PC Helen Yelland from Dyfed Powys
Police led the operation
This is an example of us working together to intervene in, and stop, such behaviour in our communities.'
Pc Helen Yelland, of Aberystwyth’s Neighbourhood Policing Team, added: 'No-one should suffer anti-social behaviour in silence.
'The action we have taken demonstrates that, with partners, we will address ASB to improve the quality of life of neighbours and the wider community.'
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