Hello,

Here are some pics of my parents house (I'm living with them while in college). Anyway, I was in my room, and I stood up a second to look out the window (next to my bed), put my hand on the wall, and started feeling something crumbling under my hand! Had I not pushed against the wall I would have never known that "crack" was there, but when I pushed against it, it started to cave in. I then traced it (pushing agsinst the wall, following the crackling) and found this! Is it my parents' house just settling?

I'm thinking, the previous owners just painted and filled over it, otherwise the cracks would have been visible if they happened since we moved (and before the previous owner painted over it)? Or would it be possible for it to track and the paint not crack with it? Before it looked 100% normal? We live in a two story house. The upstairs we live in, and the downstairs is a fullsized basement. So what should we do?




Picture of crack going down the wall


Here's the link to an upclose and big picture of the crack
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/3530/bigpi...cknwall5ta.jpg