A terrified young woman says her block of flats is “like a crack den” due to rowdy strangers taking drugs on the stairwell.

Amie Leeb even found one person unresponsive in the hallway of the property in Northdown Road in Cliftonville, Margate.

Police and paramedics were called out on that occasion - while council officials have also identified a number of health and safety issues in the communal areas.

Pictures and videos show the “smelly” stairwell littered with cigarette butts and other rubbish.

Miss Leeb says intimidating characters hanging out in the block have made her life a misery since she moved into the privately rented flat in July - leaving her scared to come and go alone.

The 24-year-old has also had the contents of parcels delivered to her apartment go missing - and claims yobs have urinated on her door amid late-night hallway “parties”.

She told KentOnline: “You couldn't even see the carpet at one point. It was just bottles and fagbutts.

“It looks like a crack den, it smells of a crack den - it's like being in one.”

Miss Leeb, who pays £500 a month plus utilities, says she is often forced to shoo individuals out of the building who do not live there.

“I didn't even see the people at first - I just noticed when I was leaving my flat there would be cups and bottles and fag butts and empty little packets in front of my door,” she said.

“I was confused but when it got to 10pm I took off my headphones, and I could hear people just having a little party in the hallway.

“In the months after it started to get really boisterous, loud and really late at night past the 11 o'clock ‘quiet time’ for the block.

“Sometimes I wait and call a friend and say, ‘Can you just come in the door with me and then leave?’ Because I'm just scared.

“It's not fun. I don't know these people. They don't live there.”

In one incident in November, an ambulance and police attended after she found a woman passed out in the hallway.

She also reports seeing a man smoking what she believes to be crack cocaine from a pipe.

Miss Leeb, who suffers from mobility issues, says one of the louts kicked down the front door of the block - making it very difficult to close.

“We've got lots of kids and elderly people and I’m disabled,” she said.

“I can't even shut the door sometimes. It's so hard.

“Because no one will fix the door, people leave the flat and leave it open and then people come in again.

“I've had so many packages go missing and they urinated all over my door.”

She does not believe the people in question are homeless, adding: “They do not sleep there.

“They have brand new clothes and branded shoes.

“If they were, then it’s a completely separate issue. I’d be calling charities rather than the police.”

Miss Leeb says “all she is asking for” is a new front door to the block which locks properly to prevent people coming in.

She added: “I want to help everyone else in the flat. I want to create an environment that's not dangerous for kids and old people.

“​​It is affecting my mental health so much and there's nothing I can do because my contract has not run out.

“There is nothing else out there even close to being affordable. I'm at a loss now - I'm just stuck.”

A Thanet District Council (TDC) spokesperson said officers from its private sector housing team inspected the property following reported concerns about the common areas of the building.

They said: “The council identified a number of issues following an inspection under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and subsequently consulted with Kent Fire & Rescue Service.

“The case officer has since been liaising with the management company and remedial works have commenced.”

A Kent Police spokesperson said they were called shortly before 11pm on Friday, November 1, following concerns of possible drug taking in the communal area of a building in Northdown Road, Cliftonville.

They said: “Officers attended and spoke to a woman who was present. Her welfare was checked and she was moved on. No criminal offences were identified.

“Thanet's community policing team is dedicated to tackling anti-social behaviour and encourages anyone with concerns to report them through the force’s website, or by calling 999 if a crime is taking place.”

Miss Leeb’s flat is managed by Your Move in Margate. Director Patrick McDonnell said he fully sympathises with her situation but as his firm does no manage the building, he has no authority to get the block’s door fixed.

“The door is the responsibility of the management company who we have previously notified of this problem and have requested that they arrange for it to be fixed or in the meantime made secure,” he said.

“We will continue to help the tenant in trying to resolve this matter with the management company and have also offered her support if she wishes to move to another property."

Fountayne Managing had been managing the Northdown Road block but an employee told KentOnline another company has now taken it on. He was unable to confirm the name of the new firm.