Additional Subsidence report, needed?

stuart45

All buildings move and settle. Both new and old. 

Albermarle

stuart45 said:

All buildings move and settle. Both new and old. 

Having said that,  I live in a 100 year old house and there has never been any visible signs of any movement, past or present.  Not even hairline cracks between walls and ceilings, or doors.
The house seems very solidly built, and the soil type is gravel, which I think is a good one to build on.

stuart45

Albermarle said:

stuart45 said:

All buildings move and settle. Both new and old. 

Having said that,  I live in a 100 year old house and there has never been any visible signs of any movement, past or present.  Not even hairline cracks between walls and ceilings, or doors.
The house seems very solidly built, and the soil type is gravel, which I think is a good one to build on.

You don't always see the movement. When a house settles, as long as the whole building settled evenly there should be no cracks. When one part of the footprint settled more than another you get differential settlement, and cracks are more likely. Older properties built in lime mortar are less likely to crack.
Houses also move with temperature and humidity changes.