Discovered this growing inside our living room!

[SunMootStars]

We moved into this old house 3 months ago. It had been “cosmetically” decorated and we knew we’d be taking on a few problems but this discovery this evening really shocked me. It’s right along the front window but some bramble has literally grown up through woodwork and paintwork indoors!!! I’m terrified of what this will mean when we look into it and have to remedy it … work and cost! Anyone ever seen anything like this?

Surely there's some cream for that??!! .....

Did it make that hole? Or has it grown into it?

Oh my goodness. It’s burst through the wood!

I’m pretty certain there wasn’t any hole there before… and it has actually burst through the wood! But then I think there must have been some gap for there to be light for it to grow??!! We haven’t furnished in this room yet so not in there all the time. Ugh.

It’s an Audrey Two! Feed Me!

Have a look online at japanese knotwood.
Have a look around your neighbours gardens.
If they have/had any they should have told their solicitor and estate agents..
If it is knotweed it is not good news.. I am sorry... but it can get through concrete too.

Ooer you can see where its pushed through!

It's not a bamboo shoot is it?

Gosh it’s very small it’s hard to make it out. Please Lord may it not be J Knotweed… I’m not sure who even to call to look into this now 😭 I want to cry.

There’s apps you can use to scan the plant an ND it will tell you what it is!

Can you photograph what is outside the window?

Your local council will advise as it is a invasive species.

You can download a plant ID app and take a picture of it - it should be able to tell you what it is, or what family of plants at least. The one I use was free & is very accurate.

Could be Japanese knotweed, but could also be a plant or tree. I’d rip off the wooden sills and get a better look

Any chance of a less blurry picture?

My in-laws had ivy grow into their living room a few years ago - roots had gone under the bay window wall and it came up inside! See whats growing outside.

It's called RoundUp and you buy it at the garden centre!

i think that's what I would do. But you might have to rip the wooden trim off to see what's inside. Do look outside for Japanese Knotweed, but if you don't see any, try not to worry, just be vigilant.

Yes, I've seen ivy grow though a rotten window frame and into the house.

Need a better picture please. Knotweed doesn’t have serrated leaves though.

I think its grown through the joint and not actually forced its way through the wood. What kind of survey did you get?

I thought bramble

Knotweed shoots are quite distinctively red leaved when young.

japanese knotweed shoots are very pointy and it doesn’t have leaves like that. It looks like ivy to me. You need to take the trim off and see what the heck is underneath 😫

It doesn’t look like a knotweed leaf, knotweed has a smoother edge

Doesn't look like knotweed (I've had knotweed).

@SunMootStars have you actually bought this house or have you rented it??