I, too, have the problem. My home is 7 years old and now have ivy growing wild! I've had my yard man remove the ivy down to above the window on one end of my home and now I have little brown left over roots running up to the roofline. Has anyone found a way to bleach them or make them less noticeable. It sounds like it's almost impossible to remove. I love the look of ivy growing on a white painted brick home but now it looks bad!