Selling A House With Bamboo UK

Selling A House With Bamboo UK ?

If you are selling a house with bamboo in the UK you may be well advised to read this.
Bamboo is invasive, this means it will expand, growing into areas that you don’t want it to.
In short, this means it is a very expensive plant to have growing in your garden.
If you are selling a house having bamboo growing in your garden will cost you money, make no mistake.

Many buyers are aware that bamboo is invasive, any property surveyor should absolutely know this.
Bamboo is highly likely to be flagged up on any homebuyer survey, this will be highlighted as a negative, an issue that either needs to be dealt with or should be.
In extreme circumstances it may even result in the failure of a mortgage offer.

If you are selling or planning to sell a house with bamboo, it is highly recommended that the bamboo is correctly removed as soon as possible.
Simply cutting the canes down will not help, specialist bamboo removal is needed.

Do not be tempted to do this yourself or ask a gardener to “Have a go”

If you are selling a house with bamboo the removal of the bamboo in your garden will require investment, however this investment will absolutely be less than the amount any prospective buyer is likely to offer on your property.
Any prospective buyer will normally reduce offers in multiples of five thousand pounds, so the cost of removal will actually save you money, plus the advantage of removing a negative issue over the house sale.

If bamboo is growing near any boundary in your house, which is normally the case, a homebuyer surveyor will hopefully flag this up.
Bamboo is an invasive species, if you allow it to encroach onto another property you are highly likely to be responsible for the removal costs for that property too.

With all this considered, if you are selling a house with bamboo uk have it removed before it is flagged up as a house with an invasive species growing in it and bamboo costs you more than it needs to.