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historic movement!!!!!!
KELY
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Ok so bought our house 4 years ago, and no mention of historic movement. The house is around 40 years old. Now come to sell and the buyers had a mortgage survey done two weeks ago and have just flagged to the estate agent that it says 'previous historic movement ' no clarification, just that. I can't believe they've only just mentioned it, and worried as to why it's on there when the house is mortgaged by Halifax and their mortgage Is also going to be with Halifax. I'm worried that were so close to moving that they're now going to pull out 
The estate agent told me that they've mentioned it to him because they need help doing the home insurance because of it, but now they need to discuss it and decide what to do! I Is there any way around this other than getting a full structure survey done?
The estate agent told me that they've mentioned it to him because they need help doing the home insurance because of it, but now they need to discuss it and decide what to do! I Is there any way around this other than getting a full structure survey done? 0
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It's historic. All houses move, some more than others.
They should not need help with home insurance. The question they ask is around subsidence and heave, not 'movement'. As I said - all houses move. If it isn't moving, it isn't a problem.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Thank you for your reply. It's really frustrating because they're worrying and it's nothing to worry about. The only crack on the outside is above patio door and is because there's no lintel when it was replaced. All the other houses near us have the same.. Aghhh! Is there anything we could say tp estate agent to pass on to them so we can avoid all these delays and costly structure reports.0
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You're saying there's a crack because there's no lintel above a patio door? That IS something to worry about! No so much the crack but the lack of lintel.Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
Slinky's right. It sounds like the surveyor's flagged that crack up - rightly - as something to be concerned about, but has got the wrong cause. If there's no lintel, then the door frame is taking all of the weight of the wall and roof above it. They aren't designed to do that, which is why the wall is sagging and cracking. Whoever installed that door did so very badly indeed...
Was that door replaced whilst you've owned the house? If so, then get straight on the phone to whoever did it.0 -
Why would a lintel need removing to install a new door?"You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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