Cracks in Ceiling/Uneven floors

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Hello fellow BP members, I just walked through a small 3/1 house in Glendora and noticed cracks in the ceiling in 2 rooms on either side of the house and a crack in the wall near the front of the house. The floors also seemed uneven at times, I thought I was imagining things so my wife walked with me and confirmed that the floors seem to slope in some rooms. The house was built in the 20's I believe but I'd have to double check. What could cause this? Is this a "red flag" ?

[Bryan Williamson]

If it slopes south your ok if it slopes east it's a beast ; if it's west that's the best; north well by now you ve probably figured it out.

Honestly the only way to really know it to have an engineer examine the foundation to see it there is an ongoing issue of if there it's just the norm for the age of home. Most older homes are going to have similar issues. When I look at the foundation of older homes it's generally a stacked stone foundation and it just lasts forever. So usually if that's the case I don't worry to much about the cracks. But just investigate further until you reach a conclusion. That looks something like see cracks in the ceiling: look closer : turns out they just didn't tape the seams when they put up new drywall.