Advice please - wall cracks - normal?
Discussion
I viewed a house yesterday which I really like, but I have some concerns about the cracks in the walls.
It has cracks in almost every room, either in the wall, in the coving, or in the door frame (sometimes more than one of these things). Is that normal? It also has in a few areas the ceiling separating from the walls. The house is about 25 years old (built originally by Wimpey), and hasn't had any work done to it in the last 12 years bar a new bathroom. It has a few large trees in the garden - perhaps that could be causing the problem?
Here are some photos. You can see the worst crack in the last couple of photos. This is in the living room, where outside is a large tree about 6 foot or so away from it. Perhaps slightly further away.
It has cracks in almost every room, either in the wall, in the coving, or in the door frame (sometimes more than one of these things). Is that normal? It also has in a few areas the ceiling separating from the walls. The house is about 25 years old (built originally by Wimpey), and hasn't had any work done to it in the last 12 years bar a new bathroom. It has a few large trees in the garden - perhaps that could be causing the problem?
Here are some photos. You can see the worst crack in the last couple of photos. This is in the living room, where outside is a large tree about 6 foot or so away from it. Perhaps slightly further away.
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