New house settle, wall moved 5/8" so far?
I purchased a new house from a builder that is now 5 months old.
The exterior wall that my kitchen cabinets are connected to has now
Bowed outward so that my countertop is now over 5/8" away from the wall.
There is also a large crack in the corner where the bowed wall and the
perpendicular wall meet that is also growing. I occasionally here large cracking
sounds.
The Builder claims that the house is settling and is waiting till year end (august) to fix.
claiming that it will settle more. If it has moved this much in 5m what am I to expect in another 7m?
From I understand, a House should settle with MINOR cracking not exceeding 1/8".
The wall was straight when I moved in.
Is this normal?
Thanks,
Stephen