We will have to demolish our £300k home to rid it of Japanese knotweed

It's the scourge of the suburbs, feared by homeowners and gardeners. 

Now a couple have been told their newbuild home must be demolished to rid it of an invasion of Japanese knotweed. 

Matthew Jones and fiancee Sue Banks have seen the value of their four-bedroom house in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, almost wiped out – dropping from £305,000 to £50,000 – as a result of the damage.  more