Owning your own home

Run away from it. Quickly.

Argh, really? That bad?

Is it on your property or one you're eyeballing?

Eyeballing... dream home... until now...

How bad is it? Are you certain it's jkw? There was some chat up thread about the risk it poses from a getting a mortgage pov. Even if the surveyor misses it it's still gonna be your problem going forward. Personally, I'd keep looking. It's afucker to merk and the stuff you use to combat it gives you cancer by all accounts.

Its not too bad... a little bit at the end of the garden... only prob is houses round where I am looking are few and far between. Hmm...

I think the upshot is it's not seen as the terror it used to be, you should be able to get mortgage and insurance unless it's really bad, but is a pain to get rid of (takes years and the cancer thing certainly isn't great).

^ Main thing to check for is if it's in an insurance backed treatment program already. Should be fine if so.

Ha, just been rereading the thread and was about to @ you.
Its not bad, has been treated, and not showing signs of regrowth.
I dont mind a bit of a long hard slog trying to kill something slowly - isn't that what life is in a way anyway?
The Cancer connection is a serious worry though, due to reasons, and links on info around that?

@lardy do you have anything to add as it sounds like you've had the same issue?

Reading all the docs... its been treated, no sign of new growth, 10 year guarantee... hmmmm...

Was a reference to this I think: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/10/monsanto-trial-cancer-dewayne-johnson-ruling

Awful, but unlikely to be a worry if only using it once a year.

Sounds like it's being sorted and you can price the place with the hassle of it in mind.

All of the above said, I've got no first hand experience with JKW, just was at a place I was interested in. IANAG

@chrisbmx116 our house has been treated by the council. Killing it but no guaruntee offered.

Use of the weedkiller is somewhat more up my alley to. Ive had to do a safety review for use of the chemical at work. Occasional and not occupational exposure would be ok if you use correct protective equipment and wash afterwards

God thats an awful article... guy having to work 2 jobs to pay for the medical treatment for the cancer that his job gave him, fuck America so far up the arse it gets buck teeth.

Will see what Mrs.116 says, she's pretty shook by it, but we need to have a full chat...

Just as I had priced up a new damn kitchen too.

Cheers for the info, I'd not touch the stuff myself but having residual chemicals in the garden is what worries me.

This is the second place we have seen with the stuff, feel the whole area has a problem with it, might try and knock xx,xxx off the place to pay for the entire garden to be removed/replaced.

Not 100% sure, but the fact it's there might make that really hard/expensive. Digging it up is the worst thing you can do to spread it, so it all needs to be carefully dealt with and the roots and maybe even soil taken away to be disposed of safely. This was the major thing that put me off.

Yeah thinking dropping offer by 25k to get the entire garden removed. Knew it was too perfect.

Around st james e17?

I'd also ask- how close to the house is it? My parents in law have some at the bottom of the garden, it's been treated. If it were right next to the house , id be a bit more worried than if it were right down the end of the garden.

Yeah. Do you have some insider info? It’s at the bottom of the garden and not large and treated, but still... worried about investing in a place we can’t sell when we retire to a farm in the country.

No inside info. But if it's far enough away from the house and it's been sorted, I wouldn't be too worried about it (but would use it as leverage in the negotiations).

Anything with 7m is considered high risk.

As if I can afford to look at properties with more than 7m of garden, who'd ya think I am? @Sam_w ?

If it's been treated properly it's gonna be almost certainly stone dead. Dead as you like. Dead as a dodo.

If it's the house you want don't let it stop you going for it but use the situation to your advantage.

The people selling it probably paid 200 k for it ten years ago so fuck them.

ha ha, you think? My wife really worked, im not sure either way.
went through the valuation inspection thing today and saw the "will this pay off all your worldly debt inc mortgage and make you rich" (I paraphrase) tick box ticked "yes" so they defo did.

Saw a great house today that we're keen to offer on asap.

Only minor thing is that it's not on mains sewage. Apparently the septic tank drains away naturally after a period of time in this system rather than having to be emptied.

Anyone got any experience of this?