Crack in Brick Wall, please advise

FTBNoIdea

Going for a potential property buy and saw this crack in the corner of the bedroom, theyre both external walls under which an extended conservatory sits. Any advice please?

Doozergirl

As a rule of thumb, cracks that run in line with plasterboards are more likely to be shrinkage than movement.  It's fairly
wide for a shrinkage crack but the other photos are too blurred to be of any help and and there's no real context given.  

Are there any cracks outside?  Have any walls been knocked through downstairs
for the conservatory?  

pinkshoes

We sold my grandparents house that had HUGE cracks in some of the bedrooms. 

We got someone to have a look and it was just caused by the building being cold as my grandparents only tended to heat the living room and their bedroom! 

As it's under and extended conservatory then I would check thoroughly for cracks on the outside too. Photos too blurred to see.

desthemoaner

Admittedly its a blunt instrument of an approach, but my attitude to the discovery of cracks when viewing properties tends to be "walk away". 

A building surveyor would probably recommend further investigations, so you'd end up paying for a structural engineer's report when the cause, as suggested above, could be something fairly minor.

But if you like the property and you're willing to invest money in working out whether its the right one for you, then having those investigations done could be money well spent. 

aoleks

look for cracks outside, but not in the corners, but on the sides. if something is moving, it won't be the corners coming apart, but the extension leaning away from the main building.

on the face of it, they look like plaster cracks, fairly "normal" and "harmless", but best to get a surveyor to look at it. in fact, a builder would probably give you better information.

diystarter7

Looks like they did not put one of those internal corner metal meshes in.
But the operation in the skirting as well needs to be looked at by an expert or move on.
When I have bought a property, even when i've seen cracks, I just go for it if I
like the house/area/price/etc but do have a careful look around the house inside and outside.
People will tell you to get an expert in and they can cost a few quid, your choice but as you are worried, get it checked out.

Edited. Apols, noted it's not the skirting we can see but a drawer.

FreeBear

diystarter7 said: Looks like they did not put one of those internal corner metal meshes in.

Don't know anyone that bothers to use internal corner beads - Run a strip of scrim tape down the joint and then whack a bit of plaster over the top. Finish off with a corner trowel, job done.

External corners, yes. Always use a corner bead to limit damage when someone/thing knocks into the corner.