Renovation or evacuation

[king of the mole hills]

Cover it in woodchip

 

[blackrat]

Buildings get old and have wrinkles and cracks and so do people - and most people decide they don't need Botox.
As for the house; best to acknowledge the age of the building and celebrate its antiquity and possibly make something of the cracks. Maybe create some art to complement the cracks?

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Buildings get old and have wrinkles and cracks and so do people - and most people decide they don't need Botox.
As for the house; best to acknowledge the age of the building and celebrate its antiquity and possibly make something of the cracks. Maybe create some art to complement the cracks?

I couldn't agree more, in fact since the house is over 200 years old generally speaking it is in very good condition. The parts which are not so great are those which have been "improved" by modern standards !
We also have a massive barn of similar age and built in stone but the piece de resistance as far as l am concerned is a stone three story tower built in 1720/2 .It is the oldest structure in our tiny hamlet of just three properties perched on top of the hill .

 

[Profpointy]

Is that plaster/render? I would cut a V in the cracks and see how far down they go. You'll have to fill it anyway so it's not like you're wrecking the finish. Hopefully just cracked plaster so you can fill and cover. If it's anything more serious, I doubt you'd want to cover it up and cross your fingers

For a small crack a deeper v is much easier to fill and more likely to last. Polyfiller is good studf

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mix some gold glitter in with the filler and leave it exposed, you can then tell visitors that the house was built on the site of an old gold mine.