HELP! Is this a structural issue?

[Plastertom1]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could advise. I went to see a property to buy but I noticed that the stairs have cracks underneath them, and also the ceiling has cracks in it.

Are these a worry? Do they just need filled and replastered or is it a sign of subsidence and structural damage?

The house is semi detached built in 2003 and is very very close proximity to a busy rail line.

Thanks
Tom

 

[Dansouthcoast84]

is your house timber frame by anychance.?

ceiling is where ita been taped and jointed. the paper tapes have peeled off..

under stairs ia where plaster meets timber.

im afraid past 20 years or so new builds are total shite . thrown up with the cheapest methods and cheapest trades and cheapest standards

 

[MakeItSmooth]

Yep, modern houses built like cornflake packets.

A generation of first time buyers paying mortgages on houses that will barely last as long as the mortgage.

Meanwhile, building firms are being allowed to profit from ripping off these buyers.

Absolute bloody disgrace.

 

[malc]

it is not a structural problem. just poor quality workman ship.

 

[Monkey Boy]

Be alright probably long term at a long distance appraisal.
Roof joists soaked in rain
Roof laid
Ceiling boarded and skimmed
Joists shrunk after being roofed and took ceiling up with them

Looks like someone has had a bash at filling under the stairs already in the past too they was probably soaked in rain aswell

 

[Retired Spread]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could advise. I went to see a property to buy but I noticed that the stairs have cracks underneath them, and also the ceiling has cracks in it.

Are these a worry? Do they just need filled and replastered or is it a sign of subsidence and structural damage?

The house is semi detached built in 2003 and is very very close proximity to a busy rail line.

Thanks
Tom

why buy a house close to a railway line?

are they bit cheaper as no fker wants em?

 

[malc]

why buy a house close to a railway line?

are they bit cheaper as no fker wants em?

the land close to a railway line is always cheap. cheap and cheerful housing for first time buyers.

 

[Stewie03]

I’m more concerned with that cutting in in the first pic

 

[MakeItSmooth]

I’m more concerned with that cutting in in the first pic

That's crappy caulking rather than crappy painting, isn't it?

 

[John j]

why buy a house close to a railway line?

are they bit cheaper as no fker wants em?

Save on cost of a car

 

[Cockney]

is your house timber frame by anychance.?

ceiling is where ita been taped and jointed. the paper tapes have peeled off..

under stairs ia where plaster meets timber.

im afraid past 20 years or so new builds are total shite . thrown up with the cheapest methods and cheapest trades and cheapest standards

@algeeman

 

[algeeman]

@algeeman

f**k all that mate

I'm begging her for a legover

 

[tapit]

Get a survey done., that's what they are for.

 

[Dollar]

Mortgage lender won’t lend on it it it’s a problem/ however be used as a bargaining tool if you got the cash ...


(Do not blame the train )rather consider you live on a spinning ball .
Spinning @ 1000mph @ equator/chasing the sun @ 666,000 /whilst flying through the galaxy @500,000mph. (never felt a thing )....

 

[MakeItSmooth]

I'm begging her for a legover

Get a survey done., that's what they are for.

 

[ChrispyUK]

I’ll come and do the survey for you for £1k and I’ll even throw in a free tube of caulk

 

[Cockney]

I’ll come and do the survey for you for £1k and I’ll even throw in a free tube of lube