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The basement floor definitely has the same slope. Its carpeted, but I can feel it. Maybe this weekend I'll tear into the wall a little and see what the foundation looks like

This was what the homeowner told me. It was supposedly and estate sale, and the home originally belonged to the aunt of the seller. The few foundation companies guessed that it was an issue with the gutter. It was built in 1964. The inside walls are stick framed, and the outer skin is full brick...

On both quotes, they wanted to dig around the house and install push piers. One company wanted to put piers around the entire home, and the other just wanted to do around the sunken corner. That was the difference between 18k and 40k. I've walked around with a level inside an out. If I draw a...

yes. They have been filled with some sort of sealant it looks like. I have some pictures from the inspection. The cracks are on the southwest corner, on each wall. So the front wall of the house has a crack to the right of the stairs, and the right wall by the driveway has a crack about 4 feet...

I was told it happened years ago because the gutter was dumping right into the corner of the house.

The drop is mostly side to side towards the driveway. The front corner of the home by the driveway is the lowest point. From front to back the house is a little sloped, but not nearly as much as in the side to side direction. There is a center wall in the basement, and once you walk past that...

correct. Here are some pictures from the inspection report which kind of shows how the house is built. I can take better pictures tomorrow

Thanks again. The home was built in 1964, its a single story home. So if the whole house lifts up with the floor, but the foundation stays down, where does the gap form? Its a brick home on the exterior of that matters. This was the alternative to jacking the floors up that I read about...

Thanks for the help. The home has a foundation/basement. I'd like to get some of the slope out of the floors, I'll see if I can get some pictures. Can this type of home have the floor joists lifted and shimmed?

I purchased a home that has significant settling in the southwest corner which has resulted in sloping floors in half of the house. In that corner room, the floor drops about 3-4 inches in 14 feet. It's my first house, and was all I could really afford. Its a nice place all-in-all. I am...