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The cracks were there before we moved the boiler and water cylinder to the loft, after the boiler was moved, we then had the ceiling taped, skimmed and painted. Within a month, the cracks re-appeared and looks worse. No work was done within that month apart from plumber might have walk in the...

I had a look just once again, apparently, there were three straight lines in the master bedroom where they are both separated by 920mm. Two of them actually run all the way to the next bedroom towards the end. Is this concerning? The other line run towards the hallway (loft hatch) where I can't...

Appreciate your advise so far. Would you advise I need to get a structural engineer to look into this or simply get a plasterer to look?

All the three pictures were taken from the same bedroom (referring to the same cracks). They are the 2 lines of crack in the master bedroom. Is that true the ceiling would potentially fall down and we need to all replaced?

It was built in 1960s. The cracks are 920mm apart in one of the bedroom. We recently moved the boiler and water cylinder to the loft but the cracks were there before that. Other than that, there is nothing in loft.

This is what the surveyor noted in the report: CEILING DESCRIPTION: The ceilings have a painted finish. CEILING DRESSING DESCRIPTION: Same as above. CONDITION SUMMARY: Hairline cracks were observed that are considered to be of no significance. These cracks should be raked out and filled upon...

We didn't really notice the ceilings when we viewed the property. The crack was just hairline cracks being picked up by the surveyor but it got worse after skimmed.

We completed the purchase of the properties back in December and realised there were straight line cracks pretty much in every room in the house (living room, kitchen, all the bedrooms). Our plasterer tapped those cracks, skimmed and painted. However those cracks came back only after a month...

We completed the purchase of the properties back in December and realised there were straight line cracks pretty much in every room in the house (living room, kitchen, all the bedrooms). Neither we and the surveyor noticed that before. Our plasterer tapped those cracks, skimmed and painted...