Comments on: My house is 30 years old. How do I find the contractor who built my house? http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house Democrat District 8 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: oil field trash http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1482 oil field trash Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:07:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1482 Chances are if you find the contractor, he won't have the drawings. Somethings like the actual routing of water lines, electrical, etc probably won't be on the drawings anyway and if they are on the drawings that doesn't mean the sub contractors followed the drawings. In the end, you are going to have to do some detective work on the actual house to find out where the load bearing walls are and the actual routing of electrical, plumbing and heating. I have been through this on many industrial type reworks of existing facilities and it is always the case. You won't really know until you check it out first hand. Since you are talking about redoing the whole house this really shouldn't be a big problem.<br><b>References : </b><br> Chances are if you find the contractor, he won’t have the drawings.

Somethings like the actual routing of water lines, electrical, etc probably won’t be on the drawings anyway and if they are on the drawings that doesn’t mean the sub contractors followed the drawings.

In the end, you are going to have to do some detective work on the actual house to find out where the load bearing walls are and the actual routing of electrical, plumbing and heating. I have been through this on many industrial type reworks of existing facilities and it is always the case. You won’t really know until you check it out first hand.

Since you are talking about redoing the whole house this really shouldn’t be a big problem.
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]]> By: dancer4life http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1481 dancer4life Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:20:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1481 You should be able to go to your local Tax Assessor's Office, they can give you a print out of the Assessment of your home. It will list, in order, the owner's from current to builder.<br><b>References : </b><br>I work for a real estate attorney. You should be able to go to your local Tax Assessor’s Office, they can give you a print out of the Assessment of your home. It will list, in order, the owner’s from current to builder.
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]]> By: Geraldine P http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1480 Geraldine P Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:56:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1480 If you can not find him in the graveyard, the building inspection branch was issued a set at time of construction, but 30 years is a long time.<br><b>References : </b><br> If you can not find him in the graveyard, the building inspection branch was issued a set at time of construction, but 30 years is a long time.
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]]> By: camos http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1479 camos Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:09:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1479 You may contact your local fire department for a copy of the blueprint or check with the City hall planning Dept where your house is located.<br><b>References : </b><br>n/a You may contact your local fire department for a copy of the blueprint or check with the City hall planning Dept where your house is located.
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]]> By: vinny http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1478 vinny Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:56:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1478 Most of the answers you got will get you no-where.If your house is a one of a kind rather than a development, I would ask a neighbor that has been around a while if he knows. I would go to your towns planing and building dept.They should have some information. If you can't find a blueprint, it isn't really hard to figure out which walls are bearing and which aren't. It isn't rocket science. If you are unable to figure it out yourself, a licenced contractor certainly would know. I'll bet someone from your local lumberyard could tell you .<br><b>References : </b><br> Most of the answers you got will get you no-where.If your house is a one of a kind rather than a development, I would ask a neighbor that has been around a while if he knows.
I would go to your towns planing and building dept.They should have some information.
If you can’t find a blueprint, it isn’t really hard to figure out which walls are bearing and which aren’t. It isn’t rocket science.
If you are unable to figure it out yourself, a licenced contractor certainly would know.
I’ll bet someone from your local lumberyard could tell you .
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]]> By: gr8ful_one http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1477 gr8ful_one Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:30:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1477 you won't find the contractor but maybe a survayer could help you or look up in the archive of you town for the building permit and they might have filed a plan...it may be on doc film<br><b>References : </b><br> you won’t find the contractor but maybe a survayer could help you or look up in the archive of you town for the building permit and they might have filed a plan…it may be on doc film
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]]> By: bettyrubleinspurs http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1476 bettyrubleinspurs Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:44:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1476 You could ask around the neighborhood to see if anybody knows. You could talk to real estate people who have been in the business in your area for a long time. You could ask around with the local contractors in your area. Check with your City Hall to see if an original set of paperwork on the address exists. Check with your local museum or university engineering department. Have fun with your redo!<br><b>References : </b><br> You could ask around the neighborhood to see if anybody knows. You could talk to real estate people who have been in the business in your area for a long time. You could ask around with the local contractors in your area. Check with your City Hall to see if an original set of paperwork on the address exists. Check with your local museum or university engineering department.
Have fun with your redo!
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]]> By: mckludge2002 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1475 mckludge2002 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:21:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1475 I believe if you go to you local city hall they have all that sort of information. I can't garantee what I say is true because I've only ever seen that people go there in movies for the prints of their houses. lol. Like movies are a great source for information. But it's worth a shot just call and ask and if your lucky and they don't have it they may know where to find it! Check the records department.<br><b>References : </b><br> I believe if you go to you local city hall they have all that sort of information.

I can’t garantee what I say is true because I’ve only ever seen that people go there in movies for the prints of their houses. lol. Like movies are a great source for information. But it’s worth a shot just call and ask and if your lucky and they don’t have it they may know where to find it! Check the records department.
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]]> By: Matt http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1474 Matt Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1474 you can see if the city has your bluprints they have everything<br><b>References : </b><br> you can see if the city has your bluprints they have everything
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]]> By: fdm215 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house/comment-page-1#comment-1473 fdm215 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:09:59 +0000 http://www.chrisvanhollen.com/dccc-2/my-house-is-30-years-old-how-do-i-find-the-contractor-who-built-my-house#comment-1473 Check with your city or township administrators. Developers have to file plans with the local authorities before they begin construction.<br><b>References : </b><br> Check with your city or township administrators. Developers have to file plans with the local authorities before they begin construction.
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