What do you think about my crack?(house wall)

[s410man]

Just looking at a house for sale and this is the end wall.(above and below the window) Surface or something deeper? Obviously going to get a proper report but just thought if its looking likely its a major problem i might not even bother with that

 

[gaz1]

leave it alone unless you get a proper survey done

that has the look of a gap at the top which means could be subsidence issues

 

[More Amps]

Take a look at the rooms inside...if freshly decorated, start running!

 

[Richiew]

Render doesnt look old but cracked already.

 

[brightspark]

render pebble dashing tyrolean or other coatings can cover a multitude of sins

 

[Bobtail4x4]

something is moving there, the crack takes the weakest part through the window,
it needs more investigation,

 

[DanZac]

something is moving there

Undoubtedly, and now probably not @s410man

 

[Dapph2]

If you must view take a golf ball and an 18 inch spirit level with you , roll the golf ball NS,EW on hard floors and check verts on door frames & outer walls . Look for architraves not being nice and square round doors , are all doors good fits.
We've done the golf ball & spirit level checks . on about 14 houses here in Wales when we were house hunting .. We got a bungalow in the end. One of the house with a fast flowing stream 40 feet away was so bad they'd papered over a crack between a corner the bed room wall and the landing window . But it had rained non stop for a few weeks , resulting in the corner of the house moving 1/2 an inch outwards .
If there are other similar houses adjacent check to see where the chimney is old house oftrn split down a flue line for a chimney especialy 100 hr old col burining hon-=me that turned to oil then gass at teh mix of fumes kills th lime based mortar . Look to the ceiling and wall joint where chimneys might have been on the inside ..does it tie up with the cracks on the outside if so Run like hell it's going to be a nasty money pit .
Do you feel, an internal wall by the window has been removed affecting the integrity of the boxes called rooms .

 

[voipio]

Is the house on a slope? Is the wall to the left a retaining wall?

 

[Beeezer]

Like my Y fronts, going down hill…

 

[addjunkie]

I was once told in a stone house, if you cant get your hand in the crack, dont worry about it. But that would worry me, all they way up, through the render joint, up through the window to the roof…..is the back original oran extension.

Just like marriage…….if in doubt, bail out.

A crack is a good arguing point to force the price down…

 

[Nick DV]

Definitely don't do anything until you have a full engineers report. IMHO that is a fair crack, so you have to ask yourself do you want the place badly enough to pay for the engineers report (can cost well over £1k), and hope that all is well, or would you rather save that money for another property that has no crack?
Just my two pennies worth

 

[s410man]

Looking back on google maps it doesnt look to have changed in the last 15 years...

Its a end terrace and the chimney is on the other side of the house where it joins next door

The stone wall is a retaining wall which goes halfway down the end and all along the back wall wall of the houses-wall is approx 8ft back and holding back 6ft is of soil