Police will allege the man and his partner were at the QT hotel function on December 31 when they fought and the woman went home. She collected her dogs and went to stay with her parents.

But about 7am on January 1, a neighbour of the Isabella Plains address saw clothes strewn about the yard and called police, concerned about the safety of the woman who lived there.

When police arrived they found clothes, a Christmas tree, Christmas ornaments, wallets, tent poles, books and women's underwear strewn about the yard.

There was a new padlock on the gate that had not been there the night before, but the woman removed the padlock from the support braces and walked inside.

Inside the home a robot vacuum cleaner, ornaments and other items had been smashed or thrown on the floor.

Police say the woman was shaking and crying at the amount of damage, including of sentimental items belonging to her grandmothers that could not be replaced.

They arrested the 37-year-old man, who suggested this was a set up and the woman's family was framing him.

He appeared in a holiday period bail court on Wednesday in the ACT Magistrates Court. He is charged with damaging property and did not enter a plea.

The man was granted bail on a list of strict conditions to appear in court at a later date.