An 11-month fight to regain possession of a rental property has ended in flames, with a suspicious fire razing a Melbourne landlord's home.

"I just didn't believe it was real and then I got a call from the police," devastated landlord Nicole Hicks told A Current Affair.

Hicks reached out to A Current Affair two months ago.

She sat down with me to speak out about her trashed property and out-of-pocket expenses.

"People don't believe that there's nothing I can do. I can't believe there's nothing I can do," she told me at the time.

Hicks' tenant refused to move out or pay rent for 11 months straight, while Hicks was forced to put herself up in a hotel and put her belongings in storage, costing her upwards of $70,000.

"The tenant was a single mum and I really wanted to give her the opportunity and now I am, 11 months down the track and she hasn't paid any rent at all," she said.

Making the situation worse was the fact Hicks' real estate agent bungled her VCAT hearing, setting her back months while squatters moved into the house.

The property was trashed inside and out in the months Hicks fought for possession.

It was then sadly burnt down in a suspicious blaze on May 8, seven days before Hicks was finally granted possession by VCAT.

"It's strange in the sense that I'm happy that finally I've gotten possession of my property back, but a little strange because there is no property," Hicks said.

Real estate agent at Square Investments, Jason Crofts-Smith, began working with Hicks pro-bono after watching A Current Affair's first story.

He said three days after he inspected the property and issued a notice of abandonment, the house caught fire.

"That's suspicious ... I think they heard very clearly that their time in the property was coming to an end and the games were over," Crofts-Smith said.

Police are investigating the blaze.

It's deemed suspicious.

"Could these people have done it as just that one last dig to get back at me?" Hicks said.

"Given the history of all of the things that have happened, it's only natural to ask yourself that question - did they do this?"

Hicks thankfully has insurance and hopes to rebuild the three-bedroom house in suburban Melbourne, while she takes the agents that left her high and dry to court.