Crawl spaces are usually tight, dirty and difficult to access. Therefore, the foundation isn’t the most exciting part of the house—picking colors for the bedroom, designing a new kitchen or remodeling the bedroom is definitely more thrilling— but a sound foundation is the most critical component of the structure of a house. Small cracks or gaps around the window frames and doors may don’t look that significant to you but can slowly but surely turn into much bigger problems than expected. Cracks or gaps in walls outside the house might be considered minor as well but there’s no way to really know what you’re dealing with until it is closely evaluated from a professional Structural Assessment Specialist. Usually, a foundation inspection should happen as part of the home inspection, on every single home, especially in Los Angeles.