Watch the video: Bamboo destroys the neighboring house – a nasty surprise and 120,000 euros in damage.
It is beautiful and popular as a privacy screen from prying eyes from the neighbors: the bamboo. But as beautiful and fast as the green grows, care must be taken when choosing the bamboo, otherwise you risk what happened to a homeowner in the English county of Hampshire.
Bamboo roots as far as the eye can see.
Bizarre: The homeowner had not planted any bamboo himself. The roots came from the neighboring property and have spread under the floor of his house.
The damage incurred: more than €120,000.
The neighbor had apparently forgotten to limit his bamboo with a rhizome barrier. This allowed the aggressive roots of the plant to spread unhindered.