House Plans are Copyrighted!
From: Carlos
"Hi Carl,
My wife and I had a house built by a major home building company. Before closing on the home the General Contractor gave me the plans, roof prints, etc. a year later living the home we sold it. 4 Years later we decided to build our own home and be my own contractor.
Can I use the same plans from my prior home since we want to build the same home? Plans have the signatures and stamps from the home building company.
Thanks for your kind help.
Carlos"
Sorry Carlos, you can NOT use those plans to build your own home. They are copyrighted.
You can, however, ask permission from the company to use those plans, even offer to buy them, but I wouldn’t “hold my breath” waiting for a “yes”.
If you get a NO, search for something similar on the internet or plan books & magazines, or hire a local home designer or architect and have a similar house designed.
Good luck and good for you for thinking to ask.
Carl
"Hi Carl,
My wife and I had a house built by a major home building company. Before closing on the home the General Contractor gave me the plans, roof prints, etc. a year later living the home we sold it. 4 Years later we decided to build our own home and be my own contractor.
Can I use the same plans from my prior home since we want to build the same home? Plans have the signatures and stamps from the home building company.
Thanks for your kind help.
Carlos"
Sorry Carlos, you can NOT use those plans to build your own home. They are copyrighted.
You can, however, ask permission from the company to use those plans, even offer to buy them, but I wouldn’t “hold my breath” waiting for a “yes”.
If you get a NO, search for something similar on the internet or plan books & magazines, or hire a local home designer or architect and have a similar house designed.
Good luck and good for you for thinking to ask.
Carl
Labels: House Plans are Copyrighted
posted by carl at
3:46 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Carl,
As an employee of a house plan company I appreciate your no-nonsense and legally-appropriate response. In this age of easy data transfer your stance is commendable.
Cheers,
Chris
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