Ah, this old chestnut!
Yes, if you live in an old, stone-built cottage with lime mortar, ivy can utterly destroy your house. It squeezes tiny stems into the soft mortar, then they grow and expand, and in no time it is dislodging the actual stones, and you are in dead trouble.
But with a modern red-brick house, built to modern standards, with modern mortar: then no, this simply won't happen. The ivy will cling to the bricks, and to the mortar, but as long as they are all in good condition, it won't penetrate, and it won't damage the bricks.
Personally, I think it's extremely unsightly.....
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