crack on walls

Hello, I am looking into buying a town house built in late 60s. It has an extension (1st floor) built in 1980 and another one on top of it built in 2000. During the viewing I noticed that there is a crack between the main building and the first floor extension. The second floor looks okay...

Looking at buying this bunglaow, it was built in the 1950s and had a flat roof extension built in the 80s, you can see where they attach where theres a vertical crack. I'm not sure whether I should progress with an offer as I think it shows clear signs of subsidence, however, I have no...

Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some advice on an issue I've seen in a Victorian terraced house I have been considering buying. It's in need of modernisation throughout and the most concerning thing is in the front bedroom of the property, where there's a large crack in the wall and a sagging...

Hi all, Looking to get some advice on these two cracks. We're about to exchange contracts on this 1980s probate house. It's been sitting empty since April last year and it's been a long and arduous process. On our final viewing we just noticed these two cracks. 1. Above a window externally...

Hi All, Looking for some advice please on this probate property to be purchased. It's going for £225k in West Midlands as a 1950s three-bedroom end of terrace with a ground floor extension, with a flat roof, split into two rooms (sitting room and utility room). The property generally needs...

Hi everyone, Does anyone have any idea what the source of this cracking might be? It's a 1960's house with brick walls at ground floor measuring 300 mm thick, the first floor (front and rear elevation) is rendered and measures around 260mm thick so i'm assuming it's a different walling...

We moved into our Victorian (1875) home nearly 2 years ago. Have only recently noticed these cracks - should we be worried? The patio has been removed below window presumably as this is where the previous owners planned to open up to an extension (which we haven't done) and I'm assuming the...

Hello, I am a FTB and offer has been accepted already. During the building survey, the cracks have been mentioned in the report and I am not sure how severe this is and how much this would affect in terms of cost and the structure of the property, safeness, etc. Two storey extension towards the...

Hi all, I was walking around my house (built in 2018) yesterday afternoon to inspect the condition of the guttering ahead of the predicted storms and noticed quite a few sporadic cracks in the mortar of the exterior wall (shown in the pictures). They don’t seem to be confined to one specific...

I live in a rental flat and it’s location is pretty much perfect for my needs. So I don’t really want to move any time soon. But since moving in, I realised there’s a lot of cracks all over the place. Pretty much every single wall or ceiling has at least one crack across it (left to right)...

Hi, I have recently purchased a property and after starting to paint the hallway a brilliant white colour, i noticed filled in cracks that had been painted over by the previous owner. The cracks are visible from the bottom all the way to the top of the stairs. Are these a cause for concern or...

Hi folks First post, and hoping for some advice on two issues (pictures included). We moved into this 2014 built house a year ago; 1) Shortly after moving in we discovered some brickwork under the rear south facing patio doors seems to have shifted out with cracks in the mortar, we think...

Hello, I've noted a number of hairline cracks appearing on plaster on a wall that shares a chimney with our neighbour. Most of these appeared after we had the walls replastered: but recently there are some more cracks that have appeared on the first floor. These are relatively long (1/2 the...

Hi, I am a new member here, in the process of buying a 3 bed 2 storey 1970's house and have noticed cracking in the masonry where the rear (single storey) extension meets the building. The cracks are stepped and go through both the bricks and the mortar. The extension itself is around 15 years...

Buying a house and a crack has been brought up in one of the bedrooms. The house has been extended and an RSJ put in, full building regs and planning has been followed by previous owners. Extension is 12 years old. Crack runs vertically up one wall, along the line where the RSJ covering meets...

Hello, I’m about to start some light renovation work which includes filling settlement cracks and gaps in a new build and I’m looking for the correct products for the job. I’ve watched quite a few videos and read a few threads but still confused as to which filler is best. I know everyone has...

Hi All, I’m about to purchase a property but have noticed a crack under the front bay window which can be seen on the inside and outside. The survey says 'At the right side of the bay at low level there is a crack extending through the brickwork from sill height to the rendered plinth which...

Hi all Please see photos Thinking of converting garage to bedroom and started exposing brickwork to have a look at the cracks. Brick wall on the right is single and the brick wall on the left is double (external). This is a 1930s property. Now at what point do those cracks become a concern...

It’s started to crack seemingly after my neighbours carried out extensive works, they did a rear and loft extension with PWC agreement in place - a few issues that were resolved. The works in their house took almost 2 years, their were cracks to the party wall but nothing seemingly major, I had...

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting for advise online so fingers crossed I get a good response!? I am currently going through the process in buying a new house. The house was built in the 1930s and extended on the pack in the 70s, extending the sitting room, kitchen and master bedroom...