Recent content by otterkent

Buying with a Mortgage, I only paid the lender for a valuation. The valuation was a 3 page report, it did not mention the internal state or ceiling tiles at all, did not mention the cracks either. In fact it came back and said the property was worth exactly what I offered. Curious eh? ;-) So I...

Thanks for your comments, its much appreciated. It'll be a few days before I can get more photos. The long cracks going up the wall only appear upstairs, whats you concern regarding them, what might cause this? I do have a surveyor visiting in the next couple of days - but i'm keep to hear your...

anybody have any ideas?

I forgot to add, there is a hairline crack where the extension was toothed into the building, it looks like it has been repointed before? Aside from that I cant see any significant cracks externally. There are also some long straight cracks running up the wall upstairs, perhaps the wall is...

I have had an offer accepted on a rather boring 3 bed 1950s brick construction house. The house had a rear flat roofed single extension in the 1970s and next to that a conservatory was added in 2000 along with the double glazed windows. It hasn't been decorated in some time! I have since learnt...