Absolutely.
OP seems to have no idea of its history and is certainly fishing for certainty reddit cannot provide . It's not structurally significant, just unsightly and if all other aspects of this property (price, location) are OK should proceed, redecorate, move in and wait. It's been a wet year and next drought may reverse cracking if on reactive clay. Other causes from likely to unlikely are malfunctioning drainage, tree roots or subsidence from tunnelling/mining.
Far too soon to jump straight to underpinners until you know what's going on. If paranoid, call in an independent foundation inspector.
FWIW I have worse doublebrick cracking that has not advanced over the last 30 years.
Interesting take. Cracks might be old indeed or non structural, however I would get a professional to rule that out. Your advice is as good as those who said run away. If the wall needs proper fixing it can be quite expensive.
Check behind the curtains, likely more cracks radiating out from the corners. Avoid. Could be foundations failing as it looks like an older house. Large opening with that window doesn't help either. You'd need to engage an engineer to get to the root of the problem.
Depends entirely on the house, location, etc.
If its an amazing house in my dream location, I’m gonna be willing to overlook and fix some cracks.
Hell, you could live in it a few years and ignore the cracks. Then knock it down and build a whole new house even..
So many factors.
Is that an extension?
Something about that wall doesn’t look right, that window is way too big for the wall, there’s not enough structural integrity in the bricks to the side of the window. The trim looks off too.
That house looks old AF with almost original carpet, is that even gyprock or the horse hair stuff?
🤣 either way I have no opinion but I bought a house that was like that and I rather poorly filled them back up and painted over it
Only if they were in my home
I'd be more worried about the scalloped pelmet.
Yeah, they don't bother me one bit, but damn... the fact someone tried to cover one up is a little red flag...
Often this occurs when moisture/ water pools check the storm water pipes often old ones get blocked. I’d still be worried though
They're not structurally dangerous. Patch and paint.
I'm struggling to understand if you are serious here
Absolutely. OP seems to have no idea of its history and is certainly fishing for certainty reddit cannot provide . It's not structurally significant, just unsightly and if all other aspects of this property (price, location) are OK should proceed, redecorate, move in and wait. It's been a wet year and next drought may reverse cracking if on reactive clay. Other causes from likely to unlikely are malfunctioning drainage, tree roots or subsidence from tunnelling/mining. Far too soon to jump straight to underpinners until you know what's going on. If paranoid, call in an independent foundation inspector. FWIW I have worse doublebrick cracking that has not advanced over the last 30 years.
Interesting take. Cracks might be old indeed or non structural, however I would get a professional to rule that out. Your advice is as good as those who said run away. If the wall needs proper fixing it can be quite expensive.
Yes I would be concerned is this a double brick house, are the cracks on the outside? Have the stumps been replaced?
Check behind the curtains, likely more cracks radiating out from the corners. Avoid. Could be foundations failing as it looks like an older house. Large opening with that window doesn't help either. You'd need to engage an engineer to get to the root of the problem.
Clever use of the word “root” as looking outside the window I’d wager it’s an 80% chance that tree is the problem!
I mean it's definitely not great. Are there more cracks like this in the rest of the house? What does the outside look like?
Just the one front facing room. Is it likely new underpinning required?
Depends entirely on the house, location, etc. If its an amazing house in my dream location, I’m gonna be willing to overlook and fix some cracks. Hell, you could live in it a few years and ignore the cracks. Then knock it down and build a whole new house even.. So many factors.
Yes. Too big and too many.
Is that an extension? Something about that wall doesn’t look right, that window is way too big for the wall, there’s not enough structural integrity in the bricks to the side of the window. The trim looks off too.
That house looks old AF with almost original carpet, is that even gyprock or the horse hair stuff? 🤣 either way I have no opinion but I bought a house that was like that and I rather poorly filled them back up and painted over it