ADDRESSES in the BH postcode don’t come much more notorious than 105 Clarendon Road, Broadstone.

This week the “house from hell”, made infamous by its previous owner, Jim Finney, is to be demolished, marking the end of an incredible saga that has spanned four decades.

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Mr Finney’s squalid lifestyle and hoarding habit made life unbearable for his neighbours, as the house steadily deteriorated into little more than a derelict hovel.

Junk, including numerous old cars, piled up in both front and back gardens over the years, and council clear-ups of the property have cost upwards of £35,000. Before its demolition, the Daily Echo was granted exclusive access to the crumbling house to witness the scale of the appalling conditions Mr Finney chose to live in.

Barely an inch of floor can be seen, covered by almost every type of rubbish imaginable – old newspapers, pieces of wood, bottles, tins of paint, nails and cabling.

The walls are either bare brick, stained or have had wallpaper ripped off. Some have gaping holes in them.

In some rooms, bare floorboards have rotted away, while in a back room the roof is held up by two hastily erected props.

Jumbles of cable hang everywhere, many with bare wires exposed, and light bulbs dangle from holes in the ceiling.

In the kitchen, the sink has been torn from the wall, with just a mouldy corner left where it once sat.

An ancient fridge is ajar and contains two boxes of eggs that could been bought any time in the last few years.

What remains of the junk in the back yard includes old bikes, a surfboard and a pile of car batteries.

The demolition will be carried out by Bourne-mouth company Prodem on behalf of the house’s new owners, Dorset Construction.

Stephen Malton, owner of Prodem, said the house had been left as it was when Mr Finney was evicted in March.

He said: “We have literally just boarded up the windows. Apart from that we haven’t touched a thing.”