Cracks worth covering ?

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Bri1975

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Selling my dad's house which has several cracks on walls and ceilings
Is it worth the mither trying to fill them and painting over them or just sell it as seen
I think it'll help to sell if it looks better than it currently does but being told to leave it as the people who may want to buy it will decorate it their own way1000033428.jpg1000033431.jpg1000033625.jpg
 
They do look quite serious, you will have a job to hide those with filler, any sign of cracks on the outside walls?
 
I'd leave it, once you start patching up it never ends. Those cracks don't look structural, pound to a penny the new owner will get rid of that artexed plaster anyhow.

Additionally, there are a bunch of property information forms the seller completes where than can be a come back - show em what they're buying.
 
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Djibrilshairdo said:
I'd leave it, once you start patching up it never ends. Those cracks don't look structural, pound to a penny the new owner will get rid of that artexed plaster anyhow.
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I know what you're saying but its just not very pleasing on the eye to a potential buyer
 
J.G.Blue. said:
Probably nothing to worry about then, I would certainly try and do something to make the cracks blend in, I have been a builder for 40 years and if I saw those cracks when buying a house I would certainly be doing some more investigation to see whats caused them.
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Any tips for blending them in for someone who's not a fan of d.i.y ?
 
Fill the cracks in, paint everything white. Makes the rooms look more spacious and it is a blank canvass for the buyers. When I sold a house a few years back I used a couple of tubes of decorators chaulk and a few tubs of white emulsion, spent less than a ton, whole house looked bigger and brighter and cleaner. Sold pretty quick for over the asking price
 
Bri1975 said:
I know what you're saying but its just not very pleasing on the eye to a potential buyer
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We're soon going to have the same with the outlaws house - the walls are the same and an equal to the electrics, plumbing, guttering etc, etc. It's a fixer upper, throwing a bit of compound at the wall won't change it. No harm in giving it a whirl if you've the time. Good luck with the sale.
 
Depends who you think the target market is. If priced and aimed at someone who's going to be doing a refurb, probably doesn't matter, although they'll year it to negotiate. If you're aiming at a standard homeowner who just wants to move in and then decorate to their style, it'll scare them to death.

Only problem on the wall is if the plaster has blown (does it sound hollow when you tap it) there's a risk the whole lot comes off when you start. If not, cut out a bit of a groove and fill it - Screwfix do a bucket of ready mixed finishing plaster which is great. Bit of effort to rub it down and just paint the whole wall in white.
 
Just patch it up, soon as start pissing about with it, you will lose half the wall as clearly haggled, then you'll have to get me in to put it right, then you'll be skint as got Wembley trip to pay for........... not worth the hassle mate
 
Speaking from the viewpoint of a potential buyer, lf I was thinkin' of buying that house those cracks would worry me a bit, and would almost certainly make me look elsewhere, they could have been caused by anything, or be hiding anything ...... however they might not put someone else off, for example someone who plasters or builds for a living, someone who's buying to renovate the place and rent it out, or even someone who's simply just good at DIY, who would have a good idea about knowing what steps to take to solve the problem.
 
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