Checking a photo is free. When it is knotweed, we come out to survey it, arrange spraying or excavation, and supply the paperwork a mortgage lender or conveyancer asks for. Site surveys from £275.
A good share of the plants people send us turn out to be something else.
Snap one leaf and one piece of stem, then send them in. You get an answer for nothing. We only suggest a visit if the plant is knotweed, and you see the price in writing before you agree to anything.
When the canes turn brown in winter it looks as though the problem has passed. It has not. The rhizome carries on underground and the patch is wider every spring.
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Things you are never charged for:
Reports are laid out the way lenders expect to see knotweed recorded on residential property. Take it to any contractor you like.
These villages on the north-east edge of the town have a long industrial past, with canal frontage and former salt and chemical land nearby. Disturbed ground and canal banks make this a place to check carefully.
A survey shows whether the stand started on your side of the boundary or came in from beyond it.
Also covering the rest of Northwich — same price, same service.
Send a picture through the contact page or give us a ring. Whether it is knotweed or not, you hear back at no cost.
Covering the CW8 and CW9 postcodes: Northwich town centre, Hartford, Davenham, Barnton, Winnington, Wincham, Rudheath, Lostock Gralam and Weaverham. Based close to Northwich, so a site visit can normally be fitted in within a few days.
Free photo check. Report is yours to keep. Written price before any work.
These villages have a long industrial past, with canal frontage and former salt and chemical land nearby. Disturbed ground is where knotweed thrives, so be alert on plots close to old works, canal banks and rough corners of village greens. Older village houses have long gardens and outbuildings, while newer homes may sit on land that has been levelled or filled. Check the rear boundary and any area where soil looks mixed with rubble or brick.
If a stand sits on land next to the canal or former works, ask who owns and manages it, as that is often not your neighbour. Subsidence and ground movement linked to the area's salt history can affect old drains and walls, so tell your surveyor about any past repairs. Buyers should ask about the ground history and request any earlier reports. Keep photographs and notes together, since they help if you speak to a landlord or solicitor.
