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Thanks Woody and stuart45. Honestly, the surveyor hasn't said much beyond saying it was very unusual, that if he had to guess he'd say the most likely cause was leaking drains, and (unsurprisingly) that we should get a drain survey and a SE's report. We're currently working on getting those...

Hi everyone, I am in the process of (possibly) buying a property and the survey has reported a vertical crack in the exterior wall. I have attached some pictures. This is a mid-terraced house in London, where rear extensions were put on after WWII. The crack runs vertically exactly down the...