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Has it come from a neighboring property? Could they be part-liable, if they allowed it to spread? (IANAL)
Otherwise, I'm sure I read somewhere that it's actually edible?
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Knotweed is a pain but imo not as bad as mailonline etc can make out
If you are getting it cleared make sure the removal firm is insurance approved with a 5 year guarantee so when you come to sell it will be covered. Some mortgage providers won't lend if knotweed is withing 5 meters of the boundry (fuck you Virgin Mortgages!)
It is a weird situation, having it on your land is not illegal but allowing it to "escape" is, however it can get transferred by birds, cuttings and it growing through so really hard to prove.
My elderly neighbour has had it in the front for about 5 years, it was treated by the freeholder but they got really shit at repeat visits so I now spray it myself with some super strength weed killer that is pretty effective. It does kill everything else in his front garden but he isn't bothered by that and would rather not have knot weed
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Shit! Garden has Japanese Knotweed.
Hard thing is I don't even have a garden! We are in the Upper Maisonette and its written into our Freehold shared lease that the garden with the weed is theirs, but we have just redone the front garden (Which is ours in the lease) and they paid half. makes it awkward to tell them we aren't paying half of the £1750 that its going to cost to remove the weeds.
Most annoying part is that it was them that wanted the front garden done up as they have rented the GF flat out. So i am left with a massive bill and having to organise the removal of the plant as i want to sell my house in the next year... Bastard Neighbours thread?