These photos are of my 6 year old IP. It's interstate so I haven't seen it much.
Up until a few days ago the only issues that have been reported to me have been thin cracks in gyprock/cornice that didn't seem to be anything abnormal. Only other major issue I've had was with the garage door being almost impossible to open seemingly due to buckling (I got this fixed - thought the tenant had run the car into it and didn't want to own up - now it's obvious why the buckling occurred).
Here are some of the photos of my IP now. There are many more but there is a limit of 5 photos. Last inspection would have been around 6 months ago. There was nothing significant noted on inspection.
I have a new PM who visited the property for the first time recently. She immediately called with serious concerns.
Builder hasn't been to inspect yet (they have agreed to inspect at least based on the photos). The house is just within structural warranty period.
The builder is very difficult to deal with even with minor stuff. I am fully expecting them to say one of the following; a) This isn't a structural problem, it's "normal" or "cosmetic" b) it's structural but it's somehow my fault or c) just refuse to fix it for no apparent reason.
Note on one of these photos the downpipe no longer even goes into the drain it is pouring into the huge gap between the house and concrete. Surely this cannot be normal settling/movement!
I didn't bother including any pics of internal cracks as there isn't anything really alarming or unusual about them, just a lot more than you'd usually find in a 6 year old house.
Are these problems not as scary as they look? Or is this house screwed?
Any advice would be appreciated. Note: I will OBVIOUSLY seek the opinion of a suitably qualified person, please don't just tell me to do that, it isn't helpful - advice about WHO would be the best type of tradesperson to contact would be more than welcome though.
Up until a few days ago the only issues that have been reported to me have been thin cracks in gyprock/cornice that didn't seem to be anything abnormal. Only other major issue I've had was with the garage door being almost impossible to open seemingly due to buckling (I got this fixed - thought the tenant had run the car into it and didn't want to own up - now it's obvious why the buckling occurred).
Here are some of the photos of my IP now. There are many more but there is a limit of 5 photos. Last inspection would have been around 6 months ago. There was nothing significant noted on inspection.
I have a new PM who visited the property for the first time recently. She immediately called with serious concerns.
Builder hasn't been to inspect yet (they have agreed to inspect at least based on the photos). The house is just within structural warranty period.
The builder is very difficult to deal with even with minor stuff. I am fully expecting them to say one of the following; a) This isn't a structural problem, it's "normal" or "cosmetic" b) it's structural but it's somehow my fault or c) just refuse to fix it for no apparent reason.
Note on one of these photos the downpipe no longer even goes into the drain it is pouring into the huge gap between the house and concrete. Surely this cannot be normal settling/movement!
I didn't bother including any pics of internal cracks as there isn't anything really alarming or unusual about them, just a lot more than you'd usually find in a 6 year old house.
Are these problems not as scary as they look? Or is this house screwed?
Any advice would be appreciated. Note: I will OBVIOUSLY seek the opinion of a suitably qualified person, please don't just tell me to do that, it isn't helpful - advice about WHO would be the best type of tradesperson to contact would be more than welcome though.