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Just Moved into a 1910 house. The kitchen extension is less than 5 years old. I've just spotted all these cracks in the render. They are all rectangular is shape. Any ideas? I've no details of the builder or make up of the extension. Do I fill the cracks or take it all off.

Luckily the old owners left us a box of papers. Looking in that in 1994 damp and also wood worm work was carried out in the loft and external wall. It's got a 30 year guarantee so I'm.going to see if they have any details of what work was done and if anything has failed.

Yes it's a solid wall. The floor is concrete in the front and living room. We've just had carpet put down and the old laminate flooring taken up. Hence we found the damp/ condensation. Totally appreciate all the advice and sorry if any of my comments were seen as negative.

OK the photos inside aren't great. We clean off the mould last week but there are still some bit there. The floor is the same height as the bottom of one level of bricks under the black render if that make sense. So if I don't want to hire a damp specialist then who? I've asked some builders...

Cheers Woody, really appreciate the advice. I'm on the case with a damp specialist visiting on Friday.

Cheers woody. I'll investigate a bit more. But is it worth sorting out the spalling bricks anyway ?

Ermm right thanks for the advice..I've lived in an old house before and not had to worry about any of that. Can anyone actually answer the question?

On one wall inside there was black mould, bit of peeling paint. This was behind a shelfing unit. The other wall was over a larger area and idea say more staining, brown. .

Hi We’ve moved into a detached house built in 1910. The survey had damp meter readings on 30% on the outside of one wall with some spalling and pointing work needed. Having been here for 3 months we’ve now just moved a few bits of furniture inside and found mould and damp (up to half metre...