Would this worry you? (plants on house)

Reue

Hi guys, just wondering if this is something you would/should be worried about for potential house purchase.

The house is for sale, link: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43078109.html

But when you look on streetview, the house is literally covered in plants: http://goo.gl/maps/S7Wp0

Is there likely to be any structural issues with this?

ognum

It would worry me I absolutely hate plants growing up houses, my neighbour has just removed ivy from there house, now they need a new porch roof as the ivy has damaged the slate, the house needs repainting as the ivy has pulled off the paint.

So it depends on the plant, if it attaches itself or if it's strung on wires but basically be very wary.

Ivana_Tinkle

Yikes! That's a lot of ivy! Assuming you want to get it off, you might find that the wall needs repointing afterwards as it makes holes in the mortar. It's hard work to get off (lots of broken fingernails and scratched knuckles!), but at least it looks like you'd be able to do it by getting up a ladder (we had to hire a cherry-picker to do ours!). Oh, and the wall won't look great for a while after you pull the ivy off because all the little suckers get left behind and take ages to rot away and drop off.

On the upside, I'd have thought it'd put a lot of potential buyers off so you might get a bargain!

Ivana_Tinkle

Actually, thinking about this a bit more, I reckon the Streetview picture is earlier than the Righmove one. I reckon they've cut the ivy off at the bottom and are waiting for it to die back - hence why you can see the woody bits but no leaves. In which case, the remaining bits shouldn't be too difficult to pull off as they lose their grip as they die.

Tancred

Reue wrote: »

Hi guys, just wondering if this is something you would/should be worried about for potential house purchase.

The house is for sale, link: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43078109.html

But when you look on streetview, the house is literally covered in plants: http://goo.gl/maps/S7Wp0

Is there likely to be any structural issues with this?

Hmmmm. I don't think it's a big deal but I wouldn't like it.

dimbo61

I would be more worried about the T-Rex in the back garden!!!
At least it will keep the cats and dogs out !
New Kitchen, new bathroom, rewire, may well need doing !
If you cut the roots to the Ivy they will die back and you can pull them off by hand.
I removed Ivy from my sisters house a few years ago, used a gas tank and flamethrower to burn off the old suckers.
Lost my voice for a few days so wear a face mask

outofmoney

My neighbour has it everywhere. We are constantly having to cut it back to stop it growing on our side. It starts coming in the windows if we are nor careful. The fences are ruined too from all the ivy. If I bought that house I would remove it immediately.

chickaroonee

It can be incredibly damaging- wisteria and ivy caused a hell of a lot of damager to our house that we recently purchased. We were aware of it, but it's quite unbelievable how much £££ a few plants can cause.

Reue

Ivana_Tinkle wrote: »

Actually, thinking about this a bit more, I reckon the Streetview picture is earlier than the Righmove one. I reckon they've cut the ivy off at the bottom and are waiting for it to die back - hence why you can see the woody bits but no leaves. In which case, the remaining bits shouldn't be too difficult to pull off as they lose their grip as they die.

Just drove past and its already green again on half the house..

Reue

dimbo61 wrote: »

I would be more worried about the T-Rex in the back garden!!!

Hah! I'd only offer if they agreed to leave it

dgtazzman

The google maps pic isn't very clear, but I'd also be worried about it causing damage to the roof. The inside of the house doesn't particularly blow me away anyway. Nice dining room, can you actually put the chair further out than 3 inches from the table?