I went to view a property on Friday and although the house felt extremely run down and in need of serious renovation, there were no major concerns. I did have a bit of a moment looking at the exterior where I noticed a hairline crack between concrete render and brick work which joins an extension but after calling a builder pal of mine, we deemed it to be not a big deal as It’s an old house.
I was successful in bidding on the auctioned property, at the time I thought I got a steal of a deal and now I know why!
I returned to the property today to price up some jobs and I came to this outdoor crack. I looked all the way up to the roof and was majorly concerned to see a large crack all the way from floor to roof where the extension joins.
I dug around much more on the interior, and where the crack is externally there is definitely signs as to this problem entering inside (signs of damp).
1. What is the likely problem (i presume subsidence but I didn’t know how common this issue is with adjoining extensions as the crack is purely down the extension line).
2. How likely am I to get a mortgage on the property?
3. What are best options to fix this?
I'm gutted I didn’t scan up to the roof when I initially noticed the hairline crack on Friday as I would have seen this problem and reconsidered my offer. Naturally I’m rather miffed at myself for not noticing this sooner and gutted as i feel like i may be losing a lot of cash for a very simple blunder. To my untrained eye, this looks like quite a big deal and I’m rather worried. Any advice would be appreciated.
I was successful in bidding on the auctioned property, at the time I thought I got a steal of a deal and now I know why!
I returned to the property today to price up some jobs and I came to this outdoor crack. I looked all the way up to the roof and was majorly concerned to see a large crack all the way from floor to roof where the extension joins.
I dug around much more on the interior, and where the crack is externally there is definitely signs as to this problem entering inside (signs of damp).
1. What is the likely problem (i presume subsidence but I didn’t know how common this issue is with adjoining extensions as the crack is purely down the extension line).
2. How likely am I to get a mortgage on the property?
3. What are best options to fix this?
I'm gutted I didn’t scan up to the roof when I initially noticed the hairline crack on Friday as I would have seen this problem and reconsidered my offer. Naturally I’m rather miffed at myself for not noticing this sooner and gutted as i feel like i may be losing a lot of cash for a very simple blunder. To my untrained eye, this looks like quite a big deal and I’m rather worried. Any advice would be appreciated.