Our situation is this:
• 50-year old house (brick)
• 40-year old 2nd storey extension (weatherboard)
• concrete stumps
• diagonal cracks on level 1, some doors getting hard to close
Due to the age and history of extension, we want to be safe, get everything checked and fixed. But new to this and unsure what professionals to engage. Think there's about 3 we might need, but unsure if there's overlap and also how to find good ones especially with prior bad experiences... what criteria should we use when searching for:
1) Building Inspector - perform general inspection and identify overlooked issues?
2) Structural Engineer - identify and design solution to structural issues?
3) Builder - actually carry out the works?
Is there also a rough price range of what to expect? Many thanks for any advice and recommendations.