interestrateripoff Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2354563/Family-devastated-house-sale-falls-minute-20-000-wiped-value--Japanese-knotweed-growing-council-land-garden.html Family devastated after house sale falls through at last minute and £20,000 is wiped off value... because Japanese knotweed is growing on council land behind their garden Ben Metcalfe, 35, had his mid-terrace home on market for two years Surveyor said property in Stockport, Greater Manchester, is worth £80,000, not £100,000 because of aggressive weed Plant can grow to 12ft tall, push through concrete and damage buildings Costs £100 per square foot to eradicate with pesticides Another part of the Columbian Exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 So they didn't actually have 20k knocked off the value, they just over- valued it on first place Ah well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motch Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The Triffids have their day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zugzwang Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Scraps of Japanese knotweed attached to Chinese lanterns. They'll never catch us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ah-so Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 So they didn't actually have 20k knocked off the value, they just over- valued it on first place Ah well It was not overvalued. It should be worth the full price had the council not negligently allowed knotweed to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Monk Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The last house I bought was infested with Japanese Knotweed, it took an afternoon to pull it out and then a 10 minute follow-up session once a week to kill the new shoots, within two months it was completely eradicated and it never came back again. Problem is that too many householders are too "precious" to get their hands dirty, they are fair prey for specialist companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motch Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The last house I bought was infested with Japanese Knotweed, it took an afternoon to pull it out and then a 10 minute follow-up session once a week to kill the new shoots, within two months it was completely eradicated and it never came back again. Problem is that too many householders are too "precious" to get their hands dirty, they are fair prey for specialist companies. I thought the roots can go down up to 2 metres though if left to grow for a long time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 The last house I bought was infested with Japanese Knotweed, it took an afternoon to pull it out and then a 10 minute follow-up session once a week to kill the new shoots, within two months it was completely eradicated and it never came back again. Problem is that too many householders are too "precious" to get their hands dirty, they are fair prey for specialist companies. Hardwork, effort, personal responsibility!!! What kind of thinking is that. You should be ashamed of yourself, clearly meetings need to be called and a plan of action discussed, with numerous reports and you come out with idiotic statements likes this! You should hang your head in shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisyphal Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 So they didn't actually have 20k knocked off the value, they just over- valued it on first place Ah well That house shown in the article is 29 Gradwell Street, there's also a 'For Sale' board on it in Google Maps. 33 Gradwell Street sold for £78,750 in 2010, but that wouldn't make a headline story in the Daily Hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 That house shown in the article is 29 Gradwell Street, there's also a 'For Sale' board on it in Google Maps. 33 Gradwell Street sold for £78,750 in 2010, but that wouldn't make a headline story in the Daily Hate. Zoopla didn't get the memo then. 29 bought for £43.5k in 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Monk Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 It would take an afternoon with an industrial brush cutter to get rid of that, and a few follow-up sessions on the new growth with glyphosate to stop it coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motch Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 It would take an afternoon with an industrial brush cutter to get rid of that, and a few follow-up sessions on the new growth with glyphosate to stop it coming back. How would you get rid of the massive amount of vegetation though? does it have to be burned off to avoid contamination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 How would you get rid of the massive amount of vegetation though? does it have to be burned off to avoid contamination. Apparently what you need is a hungry goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superted187 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The last house I bought was infested with Japanese Knotweed, it took an afternoon to pull it out and then a 10 minute follow-up session once a week to kill the new shoots, within two months it was completely eradicated and it never came back again. Problem is that too many householders are too "precious" to get their hands dirty, they are fair prey for specialist companies. If you really did comprehensively get rid of it, it sounds like you lucked out http://www.channel4.com/4homes/build-renovate/structural-problems/japanese-knotweed-identifying-and-removing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Zoopla didn't get the memo then. 29 bought for £43.5k in 2001 Good find, raging entitlement as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Good find Hardly Credit to Sisyphal for the address Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Hardly Credit to Sisyphal for the address Well, you know what I mean. You have a new follower on Twitter btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damik Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Costs £100 per square foot to eradicate with pesticides It may be a pest but that is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damik Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 The last house I bought was infested with Japanese Knotweed, it took an afternoon to pull it out and then a 10 minute follow-up session once a week to kill the new shoots, within two months it was completely eradicated and it never came back again. Problem is that too many householders are too "precious" to get their hands dirty, they are fair prey for specialist companies. I read some where: - cut it off at the ground level - drill vertically into the remaining trunk (do not penetrate sides) - top up a few times with concentrated glyphosate - repeat if anything new growths up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Bussholm Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Drill into the trunk? I don't know about the Japanese Knotweed you've seen, but the usual variety is a hollow stemmed thing, a bit like a weak bamboo. As for its supposed supernatural resistance, in my experience it's just the usual hysterical uninformed BS that forms the basis for most urban myths, and suits the pockets of the 'professional' eradicators. Do you remember rising damp and the injection treatments? Same thing, all BS, no such thing as rising damp. Of course the latest urban myth is the incredibly dangerous Chinese Lantern. These things are so lethal they can set fire instantly to huge piles of soggy cardboard and yoghurt pots. And that's only about the tenth 'recycling centre' to go up this year - no doubt all unfortunate Chinese Lantern strikes, don't you think? Anyway, thank God the Germans didn't think of these during the war. All that money and effort wasted on V1s and V2s, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturals Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Of course the latest urban myth is the incredibly dangerous Chinese Lantern. These things are so lethal they can set fire instantly to huge piles of soggy cardboard and yoghurt pots. And that's only about the tenth 'recycling centre' to go up this year - no doubt all unfortunate Chinese Lantern strikes, don't you think? Anyway, thank God the Germans didn't think of these during the war. All that money and effort wasted on V1s and V2s, etc. I'm very sceptical of how bad these things are. That said this film of the Birmingham depot seconds before it caught alight is kind of convincing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlu Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I'm very sceptical of how bad these things are. That said this film of the Birmingham depot seconds before it caught alight is kind of convincing. I have to say that if one small stray flame can cause that much damage, then the material was improperly stored and fire prevention measures were inadequate. That said, and pretty as they can be, sending blobs of flame into the sky with no real control as to where they will land does seem a bit foolhardy... (and some models cause problems for cattle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Drill into the trunk? I don't know about the Japanese Knotweed you've seen, but the usual variety is a hollow stemmed thing, a bit like a weak bamboo. As for its supposed supernatural resistance, in my experience it's just the usual hysterical uninformed BS that forms the basis for most urban myths, and suits the pockets of the 'professional' eradicators. Do you remember rising damp and the injection treatments? Same thing, all BS, no such thing as rising damp. Of course the latest urban myth is the incredibly dangerous Chinese Lantern. These things are so lethal they can set fire instantly to huge piles of soggy cardboard and yoghurt pots. And that's only about the tenth 'recycling centre' to go up this year - no doubt all unfortunate Chinese Lantern strikes, don't you think? Anyway, thank God the Germans didn't think of these during the war. All that money and effort wasted on V1s and V2s, etc. I don't know about incredibly dangerous. But to randomly launch large numbers of flames into the air seems to me to be a bit stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Bussholm Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Do you think so? Unless it was very windy, the sideways velocity and way it bounced looked very unconvincing to me. There are a lot of questions in my mind, but I need to be careful what I say. Suffice to say that I personally don't believe a word of it. Have you ever tried to light a damp pile of anything in the garden? Plastic, cardboard, you name it, even diesel-soaked stuff is very difficult when it's cold. Now, petrol, well, just don't try it if you love life. But there you go, what do I know, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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