Recent content by 1950shousereno

That makes sense. I had thought it was a bigger deal to declare that sort of thing, but presume most of the country would say they have a crack in the house, so perhaps not? I'm not sure if I'm better off just paying the higher insurance premiums, or seeing if it's likely a structural engineer...

Thanks all, that's reassuring. Annoyingly the survey was intended to put our mind at ease, but not really had the desired effect! I think we'll likely proceed to exchange, and do the work we think is more likely causing the problem around the window, and then monitor. Can I ask if anyone has...

Thanks very much for this. Linked the best photo of the external (unfortunately the plants might block the crucial bit). The survey didn't throw up anything on the ground floor. We couldn't immediately spot from the photos where the surveyor had seen evidence of it being repaired and reopened...

Hi all I'm due to exchange on a 1950s 3 bed semi detached house with a bay window at the front. We've had a L2 survey done that threw up a lot of minor points - house is generally quite dated. We spoke to the surveyor informally to figure out if anything was a showstopper - the answer was no...