Baby faced rock star threatened with eviction following pictures showing mansion is a shambles

Landlords who might consider taking on celebrity tenants might take a word of warning from the experience of the landlord of one of rocks wildest childs Pete Doherty, former front man of the Libertines and crooner with the band Babyshambles.

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Apparently Doherty has been threatened with eviction by his landlord after the rocker failed to look after the country mansion he resides in. The singer pays £3,200 a month to rent the 9 bed pile in Wiltshire.

Photos published in the press last month (Jan 09) indicated that Doherty was far from being the ideal tenant. In fact it seem to indicate that property was in a fairly shambolic state fitting in with the singers new band name and lifestyle. The pictures showed graffiti scribble on the walls and stray cats roaming the rubbish strewn floor.

Doherty's landlord the Lord of Cardigan is fed up with his troublesome tenant. He tells the Sun:

"its high time Mr Doherty found somewhere else to live. Enough is enough. We have had quite a few problems with Mr Doherty."

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Pete Doherty tenancy falls outside the usual provisions of the assured shorthold tenancy because the rent is more than £25,000 pa. This means that the mechanisms under the Housing Act such as a section 21 notice for gaining possession are not available to his landlord.