A building & Pest Report had picked up some suspicious cracks in the house walls and in the driveway slab.

And the home buyer was rightly concerned, and contacted Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation and report.

Our meticulous inspection found that the house wall cracks were from some initial, slight settlements of the footings, but none were serious at all. The driveway cracks, however, were not “typical” and were from poor concreting.

The important thing was that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. And most importantly, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

The driveway and wall cracks could be repaired by an expert tradesman that we recommended to the buyer.

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