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The "visible cracking" is about 7ft up on an exterior wall. There's no signs of cracks within the property. The house passed a survey when I purchased it not so many years ago and it passed another survey last year when I'd previously agreed to sell the house before that fell through for...

I'm that annoyed by it that I might as well put in a complaint to The Institution of Structural Engineers of which he is a member. I reckon I could fairly argue points 1 and 2 in their code of conduct have clearly been breached and I'm impacted by that. But yes, it doesn't do anything to remove...

Yes it's horrendous that an inept professional has caused such a big problem. Having read the report again, there are complete lies within. The crack he refers to here is just old dried caulk which can be seen below. There's nothing other than that internally that could be seen as a crack...

In his report he states that the cracks in the image above are probably historic and have settled but has said "The stepped cracking beneath the kitchen window would appear more recent". I'm not sure how he could have reached that conclusion. This is about 1.5 metres away from the extension. Is...

Appreciate the responses. I've received the full report now and its full of assumptions. All of which being negative. He was inside the house for less than a minute but rather than say there's no internal signs of damage, he has instead said I've recently decorated, which I haven't.

Thanks for your replies. The Estate Agent has requested access to the full report so I'll share any findings if/when I receive it. The whole point of the structural engineer visit was to give a diagnosis and explain the cracks yet it appears so far that all they've done is recommend additional...

Hello, We are selling our property and the buyers surveyor flagged cracking in the mortar where the extension meets the house. The buyers then had a structural engineer look at the house and seemingly just come back with more recommendations for additional inspections and surveys...