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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 line between our property and the one next-door. You can see from the photos that the mortar and bricks are different colours -- our mortar (on the right) is more yellow, whereas the other property's is more grey. This suggests to me that our property had its extension fitted later, but I can't be sure about that. Anyway, it looks to me like the crack has appeared between these two extensions.
Does anyone have any experience of these kind of cracks? Is it normal? I am trying to work out whether it's likely to be a building issue such as expansion/thermal movement etc or something more serious like subsidence because of drains.
Thanks very much in advance for your thoughts!
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 line between our property and the one next-door. You can see from the photos that the mortar and bricks are different colours -- our mortar (on the right) is more yellow, whereas the other property's is more grey. This suggests to me that our property had its extension fitted later, but I can't be sure about that. Anyway, it looks to me like the crack has appeared between these two extensions.
Does anyone have any experience of these kind of cracks? Is it normal? I am trying to work out whether it's likely to be a building issue such as expansion/thermal movement etc or something more serious like subsidence because of drains.
Thanks very much in advance for your thoughts!