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We bought our house about 15 years ago now. It is pebble dashed and when we bought it, we did note some cracks down the outside wall of the house. Our survey came back saying that the house had suffered some previous movement, but there was no evidence to suggest this was ongoing.
The previous owner had for some reason cemented over these cracks, which just makes them stand out more, but it does mean that I know they were already there when we moved in. Although there is one right at the very top corner that isn't cemented, and I can't remember if it was there before or not.
Anyway, we're now looking to sell our house, and I asked our building insurance company if they could send someone round to take a look, but they said if they do this, they will have to submit it as a claim, and regardless of whether you actually make a claim or not, this will very likely impact our premium we pay as we'd have to declare it.
Just wondering if anyone knows about this type of thing and thinks they do look particularly worrying? We do have some plaster cracking in this area on the inside wall, but it doesn't follow the exact same path, if that makes sense, but the walls in our house are terrible anyway, if you take wallpaper off, you will most likely take half the wall with you (not just my house, all of these types of houses in my area are the same).
I don't know if I should pay a surveyor to come and take a look myself and avoid using the insurance company unless I have to, or if I should wait to see if anyone makes an offer and to see what gets raised on their survey.
Internal cracks:
The previous owner had for some reason cemented over these cracks, which just makes them stand out more, but it does mean that I know they were already there when we moved in. Although there is one right at the very top corner that isn't cemented, and I can't remember if it was there before or not.
Anyway, we're now looking to sell our house, and I asked our building insurance company if they could send someone round to take a look, but they said if they do this, they will have to submit it as a claim, and regardless of whether you actually make a claim or not, this will very likely impact our premium we pay as we'd have to declare it.
Just wondering if anyone knows about this type of thing and thinks they do look particularly worrying? We do have some plaster cracking in this area on the inside wall, but it doesn't follow the exact same path, if that makes sense, but the walls in our house are terrible anyway, if you take wallpaper off, you will most likely take half the wall with you (not just my house, all of these types of houses in my area are the same).
I don't know if I should pay a surveyor to come and take a look myself and avoid using the insurance company unless I have to, or if I should wait to see if anyone makes an offer and to see what gets raised on their survey.
Internal cracks:
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