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is blighting the sale of my house. Its on Network rail's land but
apparently the letter I have off them, stating its their issue
isn't good enough for the buyer's mortgage company.
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Looking at the Wikipedia page its up to 3 metre deep invasive roots under a train track could make it virtually impossible to fix without spending millions. There is a section on that page about some lenders in the UK slackening their lending ban under certain circumstances. Maybe your buyer could enquire at Woolwich or Santander?
It can pop up 100 feet/a few houses away easily.
A friend of my mum's had trouble with it - started in a garden a few houses away then sprung up from underground in their garden - not sure if they ever got shot of it :-/
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The issue with Knotweed is that it disperses it's rhizomes over a wide area of soil and these remain unaffected by weedkillers until active.
True remediation involves hauling away huge quantities of contaminated soil.
IIRC It was a few thousand for a few treatments over a couple of years... and no guarantees it wouldn't return.
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Won't help @keithf with his immediate problem but may help long term.
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