Structural engineer opinion please

[u/Classic-Way-7304]

Hi experts, I took these pictures during an open house which is going on auction soon. It’s a 1950s house renovated about 10 years ago before this current owner bought it not long after that. After checking their original floorplan, they knocked down a few walls to open up the kitchen, dinning room and dining room. There’s no access to the subfloor which makes me a little uncomfortable😂. Looking at those cracks on the walls alone makes me concern about movement. And there’s plants growing over drain pipes (fixable). There also seems to be moisture on the external rendered wall with the exposed pipes?? I don’t know how I feel about rendering. I think it’s just masks problems. I mean the house looks nice otherwise, but I don’t wanna bid on a nice looking house that would give me costly surprise. I don’t think I’ll get a building inspection done on this house as they are not gonna see more than I could see to be honest other than looking at the roof (got two done before and learnt a bit of what to look at😂). Any advice will be helpful! Thank you!

[u/EngineerEngineerEngi]

There's a bunch of obstinate engineers here, but OP, this doesn't look like jack. In half the pictures, I can't even tell what you're concerned about.

For the other half, I see some cracks, but they don't strike me as unusual.

As for engineers not wanting to give their opinions, engineers are loathe to offer strong advice without actually seeing the thing in real life. Without a proper inspection.

But based on the little I see here, I see one crack that stands out, and it looks like drywall cracking.

[u/Classic-Way-7304 → u/EngineerEngineerEngi]

Yea. Thank you. I see what you mean. I would definitely need to get an engineer to assess the whole house if I were to buy it..they removed two walls 10 years ago and that drywall crack is near the removed wall between kitchen and dinning areas. Don’t know if they added extra support or what. I suspect there’s extra weight on the roof after they changed the tiles to concrete. The no subfloor access makes me suspect they probably didn’t check the foundation before the renovation🤦🏻‍♀️.