ᐅ Cracks in the side wall of a mid-terrace house, attic level

Hello everyone,

I viewed a quite nice mid-terrace house today. What caught my attention, however, was that on the second floor or attic level there are vertical and horizontal cracks on both sides. The real estate agent said that this is where the masonry meets the concrete roof section and that it can probably just be filled with filler. If that’s the case, it would be fine. Does anyone have an idea if this is a plausible explanation? Thanks and best regards

Hubi

In principle, the explanation is plausible. Where different building materials meet, there is potential for cracking.

However, that does not necessarily make the statement true.

Since both side walls are so symmetrical and have such clean edges, I suspect that might be the case. The question is... would that be problematic, or how can you prevent such cracks from reappearing after filling?

Only an expert can probably determine if there is a problem. This (non-problematic) issue can be prevented by using painter’s fleece.

How old is the house?
Do you want to handle this without professional knowledge, or will you be going through it with someone who knows about these things?
Even in this case, I recommend just asking the neighbors tomorrow about the building’s condition and so on 🙂

The house was built in 2001. It is solidly constructed. Overall, I think the building method is quite good. The roof also still looks very good. But that is something you would expect after this amount of time. I haven't seen cracks like these before. The real estate agent said he spoke with an architect who suggested that the issue might be at the interface between the masonry and the concrete roof structure. I'm not sure if I should still have an expert inspect it.