I am recently ready to buy a house from a friend. house looks ok. but after foundation engineer checking. he told me front left side of the house is around 6 inches higher than other parts of the house. in that room, the door is hard to open and close. he said foundation did not need immediate repair but he could not tell me what gonna happen in the future. i took some pictures of that room and share here. see if anyone and give me idea what i can do. or how much chance i may need repair foundation in the future. house was built 2007. i am in mississippi, here the yazoo clay frequently made house foundation problems.
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Your question "how much chance i may need (to) repair foundation in the future" cannot be answered, because whether or not you choose to repair it is a choice only you will be making. The homes in my area have extensive history of foundation and slab floor cracking and movement due to expansive soil. Some people choose to take steps to remedy the movement, some live with it and engage in continuous plaster and stucco repair and trimming/rehanging of doors. My home was built in the late 1950s and has undergone repeated wall, door, and floor repair, and a corner of the house has subsided considerably, but I have not yet seriously considered a full foundation rehabilitation.
Your question "what i can do" could best be answered by the foundation engineer you already spoke with. Strengthening and reinforcing a foundation on expansive clay soil to prevent future movement is possible and, in fact, is done frequently. None of the various methods is easy, cheap, or non-invasive.