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render pebble dashing tyrolean or other coatings can cover a multitude of sins 
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something is moving there, the crack takes the weakest part through the window,
it needs more investigation,
it needs more investigation,
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 .
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 .
