On Sat, 6 May 2006 15:47:45 -0400, "Charlie Bress"
wrote:

I had a house built in 1968. I picked out the plan from a book of houses and
the developer got the plans and built the house. At the closing, I asked for
a copy of the plans, The developer wanted to charge me extra. I said,
"forget it, the house wasn't built to plan anyway". He gave me the plans.
What was worth more was that I was living in an apartment pretty close and
would run over after work and take pictures before the sheetrock and siding
hid it all. That way I had a clue about pipe and wire runs. They are not on
the plans anyway, just the placement of the fixtures etc.

Charlie

All I have is a townhouse, but I figured none of my neighbors would
have plans either. And the house was only 4 years old, so original
owners remembered the architect. He made blueprints for me for 15 or
20 dollars, the cost of copying he said. Very easy to deal with.

But they haven't helped me any yet. The immediate need was that the
first owner sheet-rocked over the phone jack in the master bedroom,
but the plans don't show phone lines anyhow. Dimensions were shown,
but not what things were made of, like the siding and the brick, iirc.

Your house (the op's) sounds much more complicated than mine, but I
think you'll enjoy figuring this stuff out as you need to know it.
And I'm sure you'll succeed.

Maybe?? you won't have to submit plans for the entire house, only the
parts to be remodelled, and that you'd have to do anyhow.

Did they say what insects eat microfiche?


....For a while I was friends with a guy (worked for the same charity)
a few years younger than I who was a laborer on these houses when they
were built! The guy's family is a lot richer than mine, and I think
he was related to the builder or the owner of the bank that did the
financing. His father or uncle got him a summer job.

"miamicuse" wrote in message
. ..
Just purchased a property in Miami, built in 1972, sold to second owner in
1985 and now sold to me. House was custom built and has a lot of unique
features but unable to find any plans.

Went to the Dade County buildings department, was told any plans between
1961 and 1972 were on microfiche but those were "eaten up" by parasites
and
all gone. Nothing is left.

Last owner is an elderly who had a stroke and cannot remember much, not
even
the combination to the floor safe in the house, or much of anything.
Looked
through the house and no plans.

Tracked down original owner who is the architect, says he has retired and
closed his business and all plans were thrown out.

Then I started to trace the mortgage lenders...too bad all of those BLAH
BLAH BLAH Savings and Loan Associations no longer in business, only one
survived and have nothing older than 1996 at all.

Any idea of where else I might look to locate any plans that might show
sewer, water, electrical, structural, there are a lot of conduits in the
house for alarms, intercom, central vac, electrical...now everything has
to
be done by trial and error and if we have to do any remodeling we have to
hire an architect to redo the plans...not looking forward to it.

Thanks in advance,

MC