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Wall cracks - structural engineer unsure?!
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Marshall86 wrote: »I ended the comment with a
because I know what she said was ridiculous
And I didn't suggest that you didn't know that. It's the estate agent's comments that shock me because they should have some basic knowledge of their own job.
You're not expected to know anyway. It isn't your job.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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There is no way in hell that I would buy that house.0
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Whatever you do, do NOT go round to the property and tell the lady you want to measure her crack... that just leads to trouble0
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Doozergirl wrote: »And I didn't suggest that you didn't know that. It's the estate agent's comments that shock me because they should have some basic knowledge of their own job.
You're not expected to know anyway. It isn't your job.
Unfortunately, it's a common theme. I've been to see 4 houses and each time the estate agent has been clueless about the property. We have basically had then come out to unlock the door0 -
dividendhero wrote: »apparently an old school way of telling if a crack was stable was to super glue a glass microscope slide across the crack, if it didn't break the crack was stable!
This is still used today, bit of mortar over the crack and if it fractures you've got movement.0
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