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Hi guys, found a property in my area (Dorset) that ticks the boxes and we'd like to buy it. But on closer inspection of the walls around the property we found some suspicious looking stair-step cracking in the brickwork. See pictures attached.
The first picture should be the cracking on the front of the house, it's above the downstairs toilet window [near the right side of the house, to the right of the front door]. The cracking extends up towards an upstairs window, but not quite.
The second picture should be of the side wall of the house [right side wall, picture with horizontal wiring/cables in the brick] , the cracking extends up towards the roof, but not quite.
Question is, whether this is classic subsidence and not looking good, or whether this is settlement and pretty common given the dry summers.
I can't give much detail in terms of the mortar used. But the house particulars say it's a 1970/1980 house, link detached, in Ferndown, Dorset.
Best guess are that the cracks are between 2-4mm.
What do you think?
The first picture should be the cracking on the front of the house, it's above the downstairs toilet window [near the right side of the house, to the right of the front door]. The cracking extends up towards an upstairs window, but not quite.
The second picture should be of the side wall of the house [right side wall, picture with horizontal wiring/cables in the brick] , the cracking extends up towards the roof, but not quite.
Question is, whether this is classic subsidence and not looking good, or whether this is settlement and pretty common given the dry summers.
I can't give much detail in terms of the mortar used. But the house particulars say it's a 1970/1980 house, link detached, in Ferndown, Dorset.
Best guess are that the cracks are between 2-4mm.
What do you think?