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Can Japanese Knotweed and Bindweed coexist?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Do you really want to be taking on that hornets' nest of chemicals, noxious weeds and , very likely, neighbour disputes ? 
    I'd walk away whilst you have he chance
    Devon.
  • julpskijulpski Posts: 6
    All very good points - thanks guys! We're having a knotweed specialist come and look at it next week and will then decide wether or not to walk away form the purchase.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited July 2020
    I would steer clear unless the house is absolutely perfect in every other way and the price reflects the knotweed problem and the neighbours are all onside with getting it properly treated (and contributing to the cost). Even with treatment it'd probably be several years before you could plant anything in that part of the garden. On balance I think I'd look for another property to buy.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    I’ve bought and sold quite a few properties and been involved in the buying and selling of a lot more. I wouldn’t touch a property near that one with a barge pole.  

    Remember that a ‘knotweed specialist’ is a salesman selling his business’s services. In most cases a guarantee is only worth anything until the company folds ... the guarantee is then worth nothing while the business opens up next month under another name. 🙄 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • julpskijulpski Posts: 6
    JennyJ said:
    I would steer clear unless the house is absolutely perfect in every other way and the price reflects the knotweed problem and the neighbours are all onside with getting it properly treated (and contributing to the cost). Even with treatment it'd probably be several years before you could plant anything in that part of the garden. On balance I think I'd look for another property to buy.
    It is the perfect property for us otherwise. The knotweed also isn't directly bordering to our property, it is diagonal to the garden next to ours, so right know still about 7 meters away from 'our' boundary (at least the visible part). This will be a tough decision..
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    7 metres is nothing and, anyway,that's only what you can see above ground. Walk away. It is not the perfect property. You just haven't found it yet.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PyraPyra Posts: 152
    There's a running joke OH and I have about things like this:

    Fire. All the fire.

    And even that won't fix this problem. Don't walk away. Run. 

    I do like the butterfly bush hanging on in the background, though. Tough bugger! 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I'm not sure what a JKW "specialist" would add. You have knotweed close by.
  • julpskijulpski Posts: 6
    Fire said:
    I'm not sure what a JKW "specialist" would add. You have knotweed close by.
    A written report that we'd use to negotiate with the seller - should we choose to proceed
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'm reminded of folk who buy houses near cliff edges and say  " oh, it's a long way off" and complain when it starts collapsing
    Devon.
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