is this crack bad

[nexus86]

We just had a homebuyers survey come back recommending we have a structural engineers report. I quote "There are signs that the property is affected by serious structural movement as evidenced by cracking to the internal and external walls."

Im obviously slightly worried what this could potentially end up costing. I haven't seen the exterior cracks that he mentions. But this picture shows the internal ones. Does anyone know if this looks serious/expensive?

Does the external crack go through the bricks?

it is quite a big crack to be honest - and it doesn't look like settlement. Id have the report done in your shoes.

It looks bad to me. I'd want that sorted before I walked on that landing.

Can you take a closer look at the outside? We used binoculars to get a close up of our roof problem recently. I couldn't see it from the ground until I got a close up.

"There are signs that the property is affected by serious structural movement as evidenced by cracking to the internal and external walls."

This says it all to me. Either get the structural report, find out the extent of the problem, how much it'll cost to fix and renegotiate the buying price or walk away.

Sounds and looks bad, getting a mortgage and buildings insurance will be very difficult. Walk away.

I don't know why any buyer would pay for a survey on suspected subsidence. The current owner should be able to arrange this through their buildings insurance without cost to you. If there is a subsidence problem they will need to tackle it through their buildings insurance before selling and even then selling will be very difficult as mortgage companies and insurers will be awkward

Yes - diagonal cracks are bad. Cracks that are horizontal are not so bad.

But

there are signs that the property is affected by serious structural movement as evidenced by cracking to the internal and external walls.

is clear and sounds very bad.

I'd walk away
That's what surveys are for - I've walked away from a house after a ££ survey before