Nicola Roberts flees home

25-11-2008This Month 25th Nov 15:00

Nicola Roberts has fled her £500,000 home because it could collapse at any moment.

The Girls Aloud star - who bought the house in Kent, England, last year - is staying at London's exclusive Mayfair Hotel after surveyors deemed her abode dangerous.

Charlie is a really nice guy but this is ridiculous

Nicola, 23, decided to call in the experts after spotting an inch-wide crack in one of her walls.

The property is now surrounded with scaffolding as workmen try to determine how to prevent it from tumbling down.

Earlier this month, it was reported Nicola was considering moving in with her boyfriend of just two months, Charlie Fennell - a barman who also lives in Kent.

A friend said: "Charlie is a really nice guy but this is ridiculous. It's only been two months and they're talking about living together!"

Nicola - who split from fiance Carl Davies in May - had only recently insisted she had "banned" men from her life, saying: "No more boyfriends for me.