Surveyor checking a coastal garden for knotweed on the Wirral

Japanese Knotweed Removal · Wirral

Something odd growing in your Wirral garden? Send a photo and we will tell you if it is knotweed.

Name: Birket Knotweed
Address: Wirral, Merseyside, GB
Telephone: +440000000000
Price range: £275

Identification is free. If it is knotweed we survey, spray or excavate it, and write the plan your lender or solicitor needs. Surveys from £275.

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Free photo ID check Survey from £275 Plans accepted by mortgage lenders

Stands clearedExcavated before extensions, sales and new builds.

Shoots in springRed-purple tips in a border or gravel are the early warning.

Whole peninsulaFrom New Brighton and Wallasey to Hoylake and Heswall.

Why not wait

Knotweed does not stay the size it is

The canes vanish in winter, which fools people into thinking it has gone. Underground the rhizome carries on, and each year it takes more of the garden.

Deal with it this yearA small stand, a smaller bill.

£275

Hope it stays putIt reaches the lawn, the path and next door.

Bigger job

Valuer spots it at saleThe lender asks for a plan before it moves.

Weeks lost

Hacking it backPieces left in the soil regrow elsewhere.

£££££

Survey price published here. Treatment priced in writing after the visit. No quotes given on the doorstep.

£275 · One visit, one price Written quote before any work

✓ What that buys

Included in the survey:

Confirmation on the day that it is knotweed
The stand measured, mapped and photographed
Distances to the house, walls, drains and boundary
A report you can pass to a lender or solicitor
Priced choices for spraying or removal

— What you never get

Things you will not be charged for:

A photo check, even if it is not knotweed
Travel anywhere on the Wirral
Additions to the price after you agree it
A dig-out when spraying would be enough
Your own copy of the report

Reports follow RICS guidance on knotweed and residential property. Take it to any contractor you like.

Builders, landlords and developers

Knotweed on Wirral building plots and rented homes

Plots next to the old railway line, redeveloped sites and older rented villas are where a stand becomes a cost. We survey, write the method statement and carry out the treatment or excavation.

Knotweed on building plotsSurveys and removal for Wirral development sites.

Knotweed for landlordsSurveys and treatment for rented houses and flats.

Getting it removed

Knotweed spraying, excavation and barriers on the Wirral

Spraying over several seasons when there is time, excavation when there is not, and a barrier where it grows on the far side of a wall. Waste leaves with the right documents.

Knotweed spraying programmeHerbicide treatment over several seasons with return visits.

Knotweed excavationRemoving stand and rhizome quickly.

Knotweed root barrierUpright membrane to stop rhizome crossing a boundary.

Why people ring us

Call us if this sounds familiar

These are the situations Wirral callers describe.

It is on the Wirral Way side

Gardens that back onto the old railway line or a brook valley are the most exposed. A survey shows how far across the boundary it has come.

Red tips by the wall

Purple-red shoots pushing up beside a sandstone wall, through gravel or in a border from April.

You are moving house

The TA6 form asks about knotweed. It is far easier to have a plan ready than to scramble after the buyer's surveyor flags it.

A conservatory or extension is coming

Footings dug through a stand drag it round the plot. Treat or remove it before the builders start.

It is next door's

Coming from an empty house, a rental or open ground. You want a dated record of where it is and when you raised it.

A drive is breaking up

Shoots forcing through tarmac or setts mean rhizome below. Map it before you relay anything.

Also worth a call: shoots beside a sandstone wall, canes along the old railway line behind the garden, a TA6 question from your solicitor, a valuer's remark on a mortgage survey.

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Japanese knotweed against a garden wall on the Wirral

Knotweed in Wirral

Sandstone walls, brooks and the old railway line.

The Wirral is a peninsula of red sandstone walls, Victorian villas, 1930s estates and a long run of old railway line and brook valleys, with the Mersey on one side and the Dee on the other. Garden boundaries are often high walls or hedges that hide what is growing beside them, and the former railway and the lowland brooks give knotweed an easy way in.

A survey shows whether it started on your land or came over the boundary.

How it works

From photo to plan

Send a photo.

One leaf, one stem, by message or the contact form. It costs nothing.

We survey it.

If it is knotweed we visit, measure the stand and record what is nearby.

Spray or excavate.

A programme over several seasons, or a dig-out if time is tight.

Plan and follow-up.

A written plan for your records and your lender, with return visits until it stops.

the Wirral, from New Brighton to Heswall

Wirral areas we cover

CH41

CH43

CH44

CH45

CH46

CH47

CH48

CH49

CH60

CH63

The whole Wirral peninsula across CH41 to CH49, CH60 to CH63. Most visits fitted in within the week.

Before you ring

Questions we get asked

How do I know if it is Japanese knotweed?

The stem tells you most: hollow like bamboo, speckled purple, growing in a zig-zag with a node at every kink. Leaves are broad with a flat base. You get small cream flower sprays in late summer and brown dead canes in winter. Sending us a photo is quicker than guessing.

Is it illegal to have knotweed in my garden?

Having it is not against the law. Allowing it to spread into the wild is, and cut material is controlled waste. If it passes to a neighbour you may be open to a claim.

Will knotweed stop me getting a mortgage?

Not by itself. Most lenders accept a professional survey, a treatment plan and a guarantee that can be passed on to the buyer.

How long does treatment take?

Spraying normally spans three to five growing seasons followed by monitoring. Excavation is done in days but costs more.

Can I just dig it out myself?

It is best not to. Small bits of rhizome regrow, and the soil cannot go to a skip or the garden waste bin without proper handling.

Does knotweed damage houses?

It works its way into cracks, drains, walls and light outbuildings. Sound foundations are rarely the problem, but a stand can still hit a valuation or a sale.

What if it is coming from my neighbour?

Get a survey done so the position and direction of spread are recorded. That record is what you show the neighbour or their landlord.

Should I cut it back or strim it?

No. Strimming throws fragments about and weakens the effect of spraying. Leave it until it has been assessed.

What do I have to declare when I sell?

The TA6 form asks directly. If it is there, say so and add the management plan. A wrong answer can be raised against you after completion.

How much does knotweed removal cost?

A typical garden spraying programme often costs somewhere around £1,000 to £3,000 over its lifetime. Excavation is more because of the soil and disposal. You get a written price after the survey.

Do you cover all of Wirral?

Yes — The whole Wirral peninsula across CH41 to CH49, CH60 to CH63.