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14th June 2023

June 2023 Blog

Hello everyone,After a rather wet spring, it’s great to see the sun finally shining. As we all gear up to spend more time outdoors, enjoying the British summertime, we need to chat about a tricky plant – the Giant Hogweed.Giant Hogweed isn’t your typical weed. It’s a big plant that can cause real problems. If […]

15th February 2023

Feb 2023

And the court cases keep on coming. Further to our January blog, where a homeowner is facing a £200k+ legal bill, a recent court case lost by the Local Authority in Bridgend in Wales will have Councils up and down the country trembling with fear. No doubt, there will be waves of claims related to […]

8th February 2023

Japanese Knotweed in the News | 200k Court case!

Happy new year to you all. We hope you had a pleasant break Here is a significant reason why you must correctly declare if Japanese Knotweed was/ is at your property. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11674447/Furniture-designer-Japanese-knotweed-shed-700k-home-successfully-sues-seller.html Jonathon Downing purchased a property in South West London in August 2018 only to discover that the previous owner Jeremy Henderson incorrectly declared […]

1st December 2022

December 2022

Treatment season closes for another year, but the work doesn’t stop! We have now completed our herbicide visits for the year 2022, and we would like to thank all our team and customers for making this another record year. We have completed thousands of site visits across the UK, from Cornwall to the borders of […]

9th March 2022

March 2022

RICS & Sticks  In 2012 the Royal Institute of chartered surveyors (RICS) published guidance in relation to the threat of Japanese Knotweed and how it potentially affects properties. This guidance has resulted in many property sales falling through and many sleepless nights for Vendors and purchasers. Most contractors in the industry have been advising their […]

18th November 2021

November 2021

Apologies we’ve not updated you for a while. We have had our busiest ever year and haven’t had much free time! Thankfully the economy seems to be getting back on track with development projects and an extremely strong housing market. All this results in more cases of invasive species being recorded and the need for […]

22nd April 2021

April 2021

Japanese Knotweed growing season underway!  After a very hectic and strange year, we are hoping everyone is getting back to normal, whatever normal is. We have been one of the fortunate businesses that have been very busy over the last 12 months, most likely due to a buoyant housing market and as a result haven’t […]

19th May 2020

May 2020

COVID & Stuff Well Well Well, Just when you thought it was going to be the start of a great year! Like many businesses the past few weeks have been very challenging to say the least. Due to the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 and to ensure our team were protected we decided to utilise the governments […]

24th March 2020

COVID-19 pandemic

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, IWM has planned to protect the health of our colleagues, clients and communities; whilst maintaining a responsive and excellent service. Following Government advice, virtually all our colleagues will be working from home. This will reduce the availability for site surveys but we can help our clients remotely via email, […]

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