A photo check carries no charge. If the plant proves to be knotweed we survey it, plan the spraying or digging, and give you a written report that a mortgage lender or conveyancer will accept. Surveys from £275.
Plenty of the plants we are sent turn out to be harmless.
Take a picture of one leaf and a section of stem, then send it across. You hear back without being billed. A visit is only suggested when the plant really is knotweed, and the price is put in writing before you agree to anything.
By late autumn the stems turn brown and the garden looks clear. Underground the rhizome is still spreading, and the stand comes back bigger once the weather warms.
What the survey covers:
What you will not be charged for:
Reports follow the RICS guidance on knotweed and residential property. Take it to any contractor you like.
Eccleston lies west of the town centre, a mixture of Victorian villas along the main road and plenty of 1930s and postwar semis behind. Gardens here are often long, and rough corners at the bottom of them can go unseen for years.
A survey shows whether the stand began in your garden or arrived from the land next door.
Also covering the rest of St Helens — same price, same service.
Send a photo through the contact page or ring us. Whether or not it is knotweed, you get an answer and no bill.
Addresses across WA9, WA10 and WA11, plus Rainhill (L35) and Newton-le-Willows (WA12), from the town centre out to the borough edges. Based in St Helens itself, so most visits across the borough can be fitted in within a few days.
The photo check costs nothing. The report is yours to keep. The price is agreed before any work starts.
Eccleston is made up of larger Victorian and Edwardian houses on the main roads, with streets of 1930s and 1950s semis tucked behind. The gardens are often deep, and the far end can be left to grow for years. A stand starting at the bottom of the plot is easy to miss from the kitchen window, so walk to the far fence in late spring, when the red shoots are most obvious.
Because plots here run long, a stand can reach a considerable size before it is noticed, and may cross into the garden next door. A survey records exactly where it lies and how far the roots may extend. For anyone selling, buyers' conveyancers regularly ask about it, and a ready plan avoids a stalled completion.
