Japanese Knotweed
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Hi
Just looking for some opinions, examples and Information regarding this please.
Found a beautiful property that needs fully updating. Has the potential to be our “forever” house however it has several areas of Japanese Knotweed at approximately 4 meters to the front of the property. This has been allowed to grow to 3 meters in height in these areas. The property is circa 1940s.
My heart says proceed with the purchase but head says to run.
What would you do?
Also, the property is on the market for £415k, reduced from £450k. Needs £70k spending to bring it up to scratch. When finished I’d estimate £475k realistic market value so as you can see it’s currently overpriced. How much would you look to purchase for bearing this issue and modernising work involved?
Thank you....
Just looking for some opinions, examples and Information regarding this please.
Found a beautiful property that needs fully updating. Has the potential to be our “forever” house however it has several areas of Japanese Knotweed at approximately 4 meters to the front of the property. This has been allowed to grow to 3 meters in height in these areas. The property is circa 1940s.
My heart says proceed with the purchase but head says to run.
What would you do?
Also, the property is on the market for £415k, reduced from £450k. Needs £70k spending to bring it up to scratch. When finished I’d estimate £475k realistic market value so as you can see it’s currently overpriced. How much would you look to purchase for bearing this issue and modernising work involved?
Thank you....
Hi
Yes, a mortgage is required. From speaking to our existing lender and researching their lending criteria this may be possible if an active treatment plan is in place by a accredited company. Such a plan is in place with treatment started in Oct 2017 and runs until 2022. This is also financed from the estate so no costs involved for us as the purchasers.
Yes, a mortgage is required. From speaking to our existing lender and researching their lending criteria this may be possible if an active treatment plan is in place by a accredited company. Such a plan is in place with treatment started in Oct 2017 and runs until 2022. This is also financed from the estate so no costs involved for us as the purchasers.
We had several large plants appear in the meadow adjoining our street.
I waited until it was in full leaf and then hit it hard with this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-5L-Rosate-360-TF-Ver...
Sprayed the full foliage every day for two weeks.
It completely killed the plants.
A couple of small plants appeared some months later a few metres away.
Again, let them grow until leafy and then gave the same treatment.
That was 5 years ago. Not seen any since.
I waited until it was in full leaf and then hit it hard with this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-5L-Rosate-360-TF-Ver...
Sprayed the full foliage every day for two weeks.
It completely killed the plants.
A couple of small plants appeared some months later a few metres away.
Again, let them grow until leafy and then gave the same treatment.
That was 5 years ago. Not seen any since.
wilwak said:
We had several large plants appear in the meadow adjoining our street.
I waited until it was in full leaf and then hit it hard with this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-5L-Rosate-360-TF-Ver...
Sprayed the full foliage every day for two weeks.
It completely killed the plants.
A couple of small plants appeared some months later a few metres away.
Again, let them grow until leafy and then gave the same treatment.
That was 5 years ago. Not seen any since.
I bought a tub of exactly that Rosate stuff a year or two back, it's great for clearing the lock block drive with a light spray twice a year, and particularly effective at preventing next door's overly agressive vine from coming over the top of the fence; one quick spray along the top of the fence and it all turns brown and dies back not to be seen again for the rest of the year. I waited until it was in full leaf and then hit it hard with this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-5L-Rosate-360-TF-Ver...
Sprayed the full foliage every day for two weeks.
It completely killed the plants.
A couple of small plants appeared some months later a few metres away.
Again, let them grow until leafy and then gave the same treatment.
That was 5 years ago. Not seen any since.
Wacky Racer said:
The best thing to treat a smallish area is Roundup TREE AND ROOT killer.
NOT just ordinary Roundup....This is very important.
Gone completely in 2/3 years.
Its the same stuff, the tree and root stuff is 480g/l, while regular roundup is 360g/l from memory. So slightly stronger, but with regular application it will have the same effect much cheaper. NOT just ordinary Roundup....This is very important.
Gone completely in 2/3 years.
OP: really not an issue everyone makes out it is, glysphosate will control it, even if it takes a year or 2 to fully eradicate.
B17NNS said:
castex said:
I hired a mini-digger. I went to town on it.
It worked. Minimal new growth.
So it didn't work then It worked. Minimal new growth.
With such large amounts of knotweed on site it would need to be considerably under market value, just for the knock you'd take selling it on, and hassle of mortgages.
However knotweed is nothing new, nor is how you get rid of it. Lot of professional firms do it with guarantees to suit. Just budget £10k-30k to do it. IANAL though, just lots of research on the topic a while back as I found it super interesting.
However knotweed is nothing new, nor is how you get rid of it. Lot of professional firms do it with guarantees to suit. Just budget £10k-30k to do it. IANAL though, just lots of research on the topic a while back as I found it super interesting.
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