![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/couples-house-invaded-after-jungle-of-bamboo-begins-to-grow-through-walls/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20200512_140520jpeg.jpg&description=There is no legal requirement for a seller to declare the presence of bamboo on a property when an owner sell it - and it can cause huge problems, as Katherine Beckford and Oliver Jones found outThe bamboo burst through the walls at the couple's new home A couple were almost forced to give up their new house due to fast growing trees in the garden that led to a bamboo invasion which burst through their walls. Katherine Beckford and Oliver Jones were excited after getting to keys to the property, but their dream home turned into a nightmare after just days when they spotted a huge issue in the garden. They were faced with what Katherine described as a "jungle" of bamboo which had run riot in the front garden. The exotic plant infestation had spread from a hedge to the front garden, covering it completely. The invasion was so intense that they almost sold their new home ( Cambridgeshire Live) It destroyed the side fence to encroach onto the neighbour's driveway and grew several metres in height to the first floor bedroom. It even began to come through the walls of the home in Saffron Walden, on the Cambridgeshire border. Bamboo roots can spread 30 feet or more and there is no legal requirement for a seller to declare the presence of bamboo on a property when they sell. This left the couple with the dilemma of facing the bamboo head on or giving up the home. Katherine told CambridgeshireLive : "I'd heard bamboo could be invasive but I had no idea it could cause so much damage. "On viewing the property we were confronted with a dense bamboo jungle, with new shoots popping up all over the place including on the pavement and on our neighbour's driveway. "Luckily the house was built in the 1980s with solid concrete foundations, so the bamboo's spread was blocked at the front of the property, sending it upwards against the façade, blocking the windows. The front fence was completely destroyed. "We loved the house though, so we still wanted to go ahead with the purchase as l){kind=link}
There is no legal requirement for a seller to declare the presence of bamboo on a property when an owner sell it – and it can cause huge problems, as Katherine Beckford and Oliver Jones found out
A couple were almost forced to give up their new house due to fast growing trees in the garden that led to a bamboo invasion which burst through their walls.
Katherine Beckford and Oliver Jones were excited after getting to keys to the property, but their dream home turned into a nightmare after just days when they spotted a huge issue in the garden.
They were faced with what Katherine described as a “jungle” of bamboo which had run riot in the front garden.
The exotic plant infestation had spread from a hedge to the front garden, covering it completely.