I found a property that I could buy on an auction, but I would prefer not to spend a lot of money on structural surveys etc, as I don't know whether I will buy it anyway.
Anyway, I was wondering what other people thought about this property. Here is a picture from 2009 of the property (it is the one on the left):
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9696/cracksold.png
Here is how it looks like after 3 years(notice how the neighbor's house developed a larger crack):
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7159/cracksa.png
There are some small cracks under the windows in the property on the left side(this is the property I am considering buying), but the property on the right seems to have even larger cracks and the question is how dangerous is it really and whether I should be concerned in what shape the neighbours property is.
I was wondering if anyone got any thoughts about it. Does this property look like a money pit in any way in your opinion (I don't know whether fixing such problems costs a lot or can you simply ignore them)?
Anyway, I was wondering what other people thought about this property. Here is a picture from 2009 of the property (it is the one on the left):
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9696/cracksold.png
Here is how it looks like after 3 years(notice how the neighbor's house developed a larger crack):
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7159/cracksa.png
There are some small cracks under the windows in the property on the left side(this is the property I am considering buying), but the property on the right seems to have even larger cracks and the question is how dangerous is it really and whether I should be concerned in what shape the neighbours property is.
I was wondering if anyone got any thoughts about it. Does this property look like a money pit in any way in your opinion (I don't know whether fixing such problems costs a lot or can you simply ignore them)?