Looking for a little advice on who to call re: some ceiling cracks. There are no obvious foundation cracks or evidence of previous repair that we can see. We bought this house 4 years ago, it was built in 1999. No door sticking issues. Could it just still be settling? We are located in Southwest Texas and we had a VERY dry year last year and our soil looks awful and is cracked. When we bought, the inspection did not show any foundation issues but the grout in the kitchen floor tile was loose and cracked. Owner stated it was just a bad grout problem and had it re-grouted. It is again loose and cracked and a few tiles have cracked as well. We do intend to replace the floor at some point. Should we just pull up some tile and see what is under it, it is a slab foundation. We did put in some inexpensive vinyl wood-look (sorry can't think of the name of it) flooring through most of the rest of the house. Nothing out of the ordinary in the concrete at that time. We do have one dip in the floor but attribute it to the underlayment in that spot.

We have had a problem as well with the tile floor in the main bathroom previously with the grout being wet, but not the tile. The wax ring on the toilet also has had to be replaced and it has broken away, literally the bolt holding down the toilet broke, and the caulk seems to peel off soon after it is replaced. (The bathroom is right off the front of the house where the other cracking is occurring). The tile in there is not cracking. None of the floors appear uneven to us. Is there a way we can check whether it is level from one side to the other. We need to find out before spending much on anything...(structural engineer is $535 for inspection. We are a little leery to have a "foundation repair" engineer to do a free inspection because most likely they are trying to get business for the company...and wondering if maybe just a contractor or handyman can fix the cracks and hopefully not an issue) (we are in our 50's, first home, both on disability and hubby lost his full-time job late 2019 so is only part-time right now, we seriously have no money to waste!)

I don't have pictures downloaded, but if y'all need some I can take some and add them to the post. New here so not real sure how to do that yet! Sorry for the ramble, overwhelmed right now!!!)

Thank you, in advance!!! I appreciate any guidance!