Furious residents say a derelict house which is leased by a homeless charity has become a magnet for wild parties, drug users and squatters.<br /><br />Number 2 Cartmel Place, in Eastfield, Northampton, has been empty and boarded up for more than three years.<br /><br />Locals say the end-terrace house has become a haven for anti-social behaviour and is regularly used by drug addicts and for booze-fuelled teenage parties.<br /><br />Shocking pictures show the windows smashed and the garden covered with broken furniture, booze bottles and piles of rubbish.<br /><br />Neighbours say they regularly see large rats scampering over the mountains of rotting food and waste which litters the property.<br /><br />The property is leased by the Noble Tree Foundation, a charity which looks to house the homeless.<br /><br />Charity bosses have vowed to work with the freeholder to make the property liveable but have not said when that could happen.<br /><br />Meanwhile locals say they are living in a “nightmare” and claim their neighbourhood is being ruined.<br /><br />One resident said: "At the end of our terrace we have a house that’s been vandalised so many times since it’s been empty. <br /><br />“This is its third year being empty.<br /><br />"Since it’s been empty our local yobs have broken in, kicked the front door in, smashed all the windows, paint everywhere inside and everything else. <br /><br />“They’ve held parties in there. It’s a nightmare. The police are aware.”<br /><br />Another neighbour said: “It’s teenagers. They come from all over. You know what the internet’s like, social media, ‘come on let’s have a party’.<br /><br />"The back garden is like a tip, everything gets dumped over there. The fence is falling down. The brick wall’s been knocked down.<br /><br />"It seems now like it’s an extension of the nearby tip, everything goes over that garden. <br /><br />“There’s a beautiful brown leather settee on top of the pile if anyone wants it.<br /><br />“Now we’ve got rats running around our gardens. It’s just a mess. It’s unbelievable. <br /><br />“It belongs to a homeless charity, which makes you laugh. Why would this building be standing empty for three years?”<br /><br />Another added: "Rather ironic that this haven for drug addicts and squatters is the responsibility of a homeless charity.<br /><br />"The people living here deserve so much better. I don't know why they don't just bulldoze the house and start again."<br /><br />Labour councillor Paul Joyce, who represents the Headlands district, said: “It’s an absolute mess. I’ve been in touch with the Environmental Health department.<br /><br />"We’ve tried every avenue. All the stakeholders that can be involved have been involved. <br /><br />“It’s the company that own the property are not really doing anything.”<br /><br />A Noble Tree Foundation spokesman said: “The building is owned by Home REIT, which is a real estate investment trust. <br /><br />“We are the leaseholders for some of their properties, including number 2 Cartmel Place, which is boarded up at the moment.<br /><br />"What does the future hold? We will work with the freeholder to turn this derelict building into a home for people, because that’s what we do.”
