With the potential to send house prices plummeting by 10% and severely damage building structures, Japanese knotweed can be an incredibly serious matter for homeowners.
Due to its fast-growing nature, it can spread quickly, making it notoriously difficult to treat. So, it’s essential that homeowners are aware of what the plant is, how to spot it and how to stop it.
Has your property been invaded by Japanese Knotweed? You could be entitled to compensation
Japanese knotweed has spread onto your land because another landowner hasn’t controlled it on their land.
This might be a neighbour or a larger organisation like Network Rail.
In such a case you may have a claim for damages.
You have purchased a property and obtained a home buyers survey. It subsequently transpires that the property had knotweed, but the surveyor failed to pick this up.
In these cases, you would have a claim against the surveyor.
You have purchased a property, but the seller has failed to tell you that they had a problem with Japanese Knotweed.
In these cases you would have a claim against the seller.
If you have been affected by Japanese Knotweed damage, or you have bought a property without being warned of the potential for Japanese Knotweed infestation, we can help you claim compensation.
Our expert Japanese Knotweed solicitors can help you make a claim to:
1) Recover the cost to remove the Japanese knotweed in full by a professional
2) Recover the cost to repair any damage caused
3) Recover any potential loss in market value of your property
Evans Hughes can start your Japanese Knotweed insurance claim by claiming against the landowner responsible for the spread.
In addition to this, if the seller of the property failed to tell you about any Japanese Knotweed damage, or the surveyor missed it, we can help you make a claim against the person or company responsible.
Contact us and tell our experts what has happened. The more information you can provide us the better we can assess the prospects of your claim.
Our experts either in house or on our select panel of Solicitors will do the heavy lifting when it comes to legal work.
At the conclusion of your claim we aim to get you the best compensation offer possible. If we feel the offer is too low then we will support you through the court process.
At Evans Hughes we help you to claim compensation. We also steer you through the aftermath of a Japanese Knotweed Claim – minimising the impact on you as much as possible.
Claim Now“The previous owners of our house were aware of Japanese Knotweed but neglected to inform us via the home buyers report. We were able to get it all removed with a 5 year guarantee on the works completed”
We will give you an honest assessment of your circumstances and advise if a claim can be made.