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Subsidence or nothing to worry?
recypet
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Good afternoon, I am buying a house and I discovered few cracks to the walls. Seller solicitor don’t want to pay for structural engineer rapport to confirm subsidence issue and I don’t want to loose £600-£1000 just to confirm what I already seen.Could you look please at my pictures and give me some advice if is any chance that I am wrong and this is nothing serious?
Thanks for any help!!!!
Tom
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It is difficult to say for definite what the problem is, but it definitely needs attending to.
If this is a "dream home" situation, pay for a structural engineer's report. If not, look for something elseIf you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales1 -
Agree with previous post, its not for the seller to get an engineer report done, they could do but not obliged to.
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Buy another house that isn't falling downGather ye rosebuds while ye may1
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Quite a common problem with garages, porches, bays etc. Some builders thinks that a shallow foundation is OK for things like that.1
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The diagonal crack to the garage may well be subsidence. Hard to diagnose from the photos. Some of the other cracking is not subs. There's quite a lot of work to do, regardless.
Also - if you do decide to buy it, assuming that it get's through valuation, you're going to have to declare that to your insurance company, which is going to probably make it un-insurable until the problem is rectified.£12k in 26 #14 £3708.19/£12k 25 #14 £19,041.66/£18k 24 #14 £15,653.11/£18k 23 #14 £17,195.80/£18k 22 #20 £23,024.86/£23k1 -
Van_Girl said: There's quite a lot of work to do, regardless.From the first image - There is no lintel over the door. The brickwork is being supported by the timber frame, so cracks are to be expected in that area. The concrete drive needs cutting back from the house. Towards the garage end, it is way too high and there is evidence of damp on some of the bricks. The drive is in pretty poor condition, so it would be best to have it removed and a new one installed at a lower level. A french drain adjoining the property would pay dividends.Unless it is the only property in the area at the price you are willing to pay, look for something else.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.2
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