Would this worry you? (plants on house)

Brallaqueen

It looks pretty tome , like they were going for a cottage-y effect, but the above posters ar right, Ivy is a beeyotch to get rid of and is damaging.

Bluebonnie

Looks more like Virginia Creeper to me.

Not as tenacious.

Should be easier to remove if you don't like it.

[Deleted User]

Removed ivy from a house and it was awful underneath. I'd make sure you get a discount to cover re-pointing and replacing any damaged bricks, which will be most of them.

I_have_spoken

That conifer against the next door house is also worrying, subsidence across the whole concrete slab the semis are built on!

Funky_Bold_Ribena

Yes I love plants but not ones that are potentially going to be bringing my house down!

If you do offer make sure your surveyor investigates the damage it's causing.

Meadows

That is a lot of growth and look at the size of the branches on the dead or not as yet active growth :eek:.
Even if the main part is now dead what mess will it make of the wall when it eventually comes off (easy to kill it if you chop it off at ground level), but what will the state of the brickwork be underneath it Also looks like the bushes/trees are too close to the house, not only blocking light but what about roots under the foundations?

sham63

dimbo61 wrote: »

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

I think you'll find that it's an Allosaurus

tiggerkid

Streetview/Google Maps photos can be out of date. For example, my house on the photos still has our old car in front of the house, which means the photos were clearly taken over 4 years ago! I'd go and view the house to see how bad the situation is and if you really love the property, you can make an offer and raise this during the surveys later. Some plants have really shallow roots and even if the house is covered in those, there shouldn't be any damage from them. Others have deeper roots and it's obviously those you'd need to worry about more.

If your survey shows significant issues with these plants affecting the stability of the house, you can either pull out of the purchase or ask the seller to remove the plants and fix issues at their cost. However, I'd probably advise to find out exactly what type of plant this is and do some preliminary research on the net about roots and potential damage before going ahead. Good luck.

somethingcorporate

Ivy is horrible stuff, I hope you don't mind spiders because it will be literally crawling with them.

The main worry for me would the the roof, in the googlemaps view it looks like it is starting to creep over the roof which may mean it will be breaking into the loftspace and peeling back the tiles as it goes. It also looks rubbish when it comes off and takes years to die off and then the bricks will need replacing and the mortar repointing. It's not a pleasant job and as a result I would steer well clear unless a sizable discount was offered.

Strapped

Streetview looks like it's right up the side and starting across the roof. Definitely the potential for damage there I'd say. I'd want to get up and take a close look.