Homeowners are starting to cotton on about the invasive nature of certain varieties of bamboo, which have become extremely popular in British gardens for their screening properties and as a way of giving structure to borders.

That’s what Japanese knotweed is called in Swedish and it’s certainly hit the headlines over the last couple of weeks, with stories all over the Swedish national and regional media such as SVT, which is rather like the BBC and national broadsheet Dagens Nyheter.

Japanese knotweed has such a fearsome reputation that many buyers will simply walk away if it’s revealed that a property they want to purchase is affected, or if knotweed is discovered on a survey. But what if it’s your dream home? What if that property alone ticks all the boxes and you don’t want to walk away?