Bamboo in neighbours garden

Macicka

I've seen a house and it ticks most boxes, however, l've noticed that the next door neighbour planted bamboo and it got out of hand. It now covers most of her garden and encroached into the seller's garden, and there are several bamboo plants there. I'd like to hear from all you who have had an experience of a similar situation: how did you prevent bamboo from spreading into your garden? Has anyone involved their insurance company, or pursued legal action? 

Keep_pedalling

Easiest thing to do dig out all of it that has invaded the garden, then put in a physical barrier to prevent it from returning. 

eddddy

Macicka said:

Has anyone involved their insurance company, or pursued legal action? 

Are you thinking that you might buy the house to live in, and then take legal action against your new neighbour? That might not get neighbourly relations off to a good start!

I'm not sure what type of insurance you mean, but it's very unlikely that you can buy a house with an existing issue, take out a new insurance policy, and expect the insurers to cover anything relating to the issue that already existed.

AskAsk

I wouldn't buy it as it sounds pretty bad.  Or I would knock a huge chunk off the asking price for the headache, that is to come.

Grizebeck

AskAsk said:

I wouldn't buy it as it sounds pretty bad.  Or I would knock a huge chunk off the asking price for the headache, that is to come.

Oh come on get real. Not a big issue

propertyrental

Wait for the new, tender, shoots to appear, then dig out. Cut off the tender tips and use in cooking. It's not just pandas that eat them in China........

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/bamboo_shoots

Macicka

eddddy said:

Macicka said:

Has anyone involved their insurance company, or pursued legal action? 

Are you thinking that you might buy the house to live in, and then take legal action against your new neighbour? That might not get neighbourly relations off to a good start!

I'm not sure what type of insurance you mean, but it's very unlikely that you can buy a house with an existing issue, take out a new insurance policy, and expect the insurers to cover anything relating to the issue that already existed.

There were cases when insurance companies got involved if a neighour failed to control the bamboo. There are also lots of cases of neighbours bringing in legal actions against their neighbours who fail to control the bamboo in their gardens. 

AskAsk

Grizebeck said:

AskAsk said:

I wouldn't buy it as it sounds pretty bad.  Or I would knock a huge chunk off the asking price for the headache, that is to come.

Oh come on get real. Not a big issue

only as bad as japanese knotweed, but actually even more

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hrn6yf#:~:text=Well, there's another problem plant,but cost THOUSANDS to remove.

BarelySentientAI

Macicka said:

eddddy said:

Macicka said:

Has anyone involved their insurance company, or pursued legal action? 

Are you thinking that you might buy the house to live in, and then take legal action against your new neighbour? That might not get neighbourly relations off to a good start!

I'm not sure what type of insurance you mean, but it's very unlikely that you can buy a house with an existing issue, take out a new insurance policy, and expect the insurers to cover anything relating to the issue that already existed.

There were cases when insurance companies got involved if a neighour failed to control the bamboo. There are also lots of cases of neighbours bringing in legal actions against their neighbours who fail to control the bamboo in their gardens. 

Perhaps, but in how many of those did someone buy the property knowing there was a problem and then get an insurer involved or conclude a successful legal action?

Macicka

This is the damage it can cause (and it's not just one case, there are plenty - but I want to know if anyone has any experience with this): https://propertyindustryeye.com/plant-grown-by-neighbour-caused-100k-of-damage-as-it-spread-under-property/

AskAsk

Macicka said:

eddddy said:

Macicka said:

Has anyone involved their insurance company, or pursued legal action? 

Are you thinking that you might buy the house to live in, and then take legal action against your new neighbour? That might not get neighbourly relations off to a good start!

I'm not sure what type of insurance you mean, but it's very unlikely that you can buy a house with an existing issue, take out a new insurance policy, and expect the insurers to cover anything relating to the issue that already existed.

There were cases when insurance companies got involved if a neighour failed to control the bamboo. There are also lots of cases of neighbours bringing in legal actions against their neighbours who fail to control the bamboo in their gardens. 

disputes with neighbours become very messy and taking out legal action can be very costly.  I had a dispute with my neighbour about ivy growing up to roof level and getting into my roof, and that was very stressful.  not something i would want to be dealing with again!