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Post last week terrified about the large crack. Finally had a loss adjuster round (don’t think he was a structural engineer). Super patronising but you know what would I know, I’m just a silly little girl I guess xoxo

Said it’s fine. The house will fix itself in the winter. Just need to remove a tree and basically poly filler the cracks.

Photos from next door as some scaffolders came in to do some pipe work and one of the blokes knocked later on to say do you know there’s a giant crack 😆

Hoping the council send someone over on Friday. They’ve said almost certainly cat 1.

TLDR: Tenants in private rental in London, England. Landlords of the maisonette flat which is ground and lower ground but flat upstairs with 3 tenants. Freeholder who owns the building.

Notified of a crack on the 29th May. And then several times since. Picture is one of the cracks and yes that is daylight.

Insurers contacted last Fri by freeholder. No one coming to look until 18th. We’ve given notice as we want out - so would end 2 months time at end of billing cycle, 14th October.

Contacted Camden council. Finally spoke to someone end of day yesterday, a building control inspector. Supposed to be here at 11 but no sign yet. After hearing cracking and what sounds like falling masonry I went to a hotel as no one could help me.

Unsure of next steps / what I can do. Would like to not do an extensive stressful court legal battle. Just want be out and not paying £3250pcm to live here.

Landlords said we could stay with their uncle or dad in spare room or in their Mums flat in Barnet… they are in India out the country.

Original Reddit post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UKHousing/s/oWHu59CNEL

Can’t sleep as heard creaking noises by the house is from 1780, in London, so on clay. And with the dry weather and trees it is probably why this is bad and has accelerated so quickly.

I notified my landlord on the 29th May saying there was a crack but might just be plaster. 2 weeks later said it isn’t please get a surveyor. They didn’t, and we sent updates every week asking them to. They said it’s freeholder responsibility…

Finally last week not you can see the DAYLIGHT through the crack they issued an insurance claim. They said the freeholder would hear from loss adjuster by end of day yesterday. We haven’t heard anything since.

There’s more cracks and movement elsewhere in the house. But this is say is maybe the worst bit.

Also I’m renting as mentioned, moved in mid April. Have given notice so will be out by 15th October as I cannot stay here regardless of if / when an engineer comes and says it’s safe or not. It isn’t habitable especially when it eventually starts raining again!!!

The room is the bathroom. I’m on the lower ground floor of a 5 storey property (our flat is LG & G).

Going to call the council tomorrow to see if they can help.

Anyway any advice would be helpful as well as any reassurances I’m not going to be crushed in my sleep for my boyfriend to find upon his return on Sunday would be appreciated!!!

Oh and we also have a leak from upstairs we reported in June lol x

LONDON RENTING YAY!!!!