House plans.

[josie48]

We finally paid off the morgtgage 2 weeks ago! We've had the deeds but I was disappointed to to find there were no original buildings plans. Our house was built in 1924 with alterations etc over the years. Does anyone know how I can trace the original plans of our house? Thanks.

[justlearning]

The Land Registry which you can contact online should hold the answers. We had a similar situation after paying off our mortgage, in which we received only a Land Registry form detailing Title to ourselves, but without the original deeds. The house had been built in 1838 and did not become registered until very much later. The Land Registry helped us to trace our deeds, which included a beautiful hand drawn plan on yellowed parchment. These documents had been secreted away in the vault of a solicitors office. In your case the original plans would have been registered with the Land Registry and would also be on file with the builder who built your property. Previous mortgage holders who may have altered your property would also have had to notify their lender of any changes. Someone somewhere obviously must hold your plans but do start with the Land Registry.

[buildersmate]

Sorry but the above is plain wrong. the LR do not hold house plans. All they hold is the record of the area of land that you own. And maybe the outline of the house on the plot may be shoiwn. The clue is in the name - LAND Registry.
Modifications since 1948 are likely to have required Planning permission - and if so the local council planning dept will hold elevation drawings - but early ones don't show much and they will be on microfiche if old.

[josie48]

Two good replies thanks. We've got a plan of the land,our plot was number 6. There's also the name of the builders and it looks like one of the partners lived in our house until his death whereupon the house went to either his brother or son. I think I'll try both the LR and the planning dept. Thanks again for your help.

[justlearning]

Sorry Buildersmate that I obviously confused you. In explanation, LR helped us to find plans which were contained within the original Conveyance (hence the yellowed patchment). Each time a Title is transferred to a new owner, the Transfer Deed along with a description of the land and a revised plan of any changes to building or boundaries has also to be attached. We can witness in our documentation, the building changes made to our property over the years by comparing the old Conveyance with recent Deeds of Transfer. LR is a wonderful resource in situations where there are boundary disputes and would not be able to help unless they had this information to hand. As for planning permission, I am not so naive as to believe that all building alterations have been subjected to these strict procedures. LR together with Local Authority searches can confirm the presence of a DIY bodge.
I may have misunderstood Josie but if she is looking for comparisons of the size and shape of her property as they relate to changes made by previous occupiers, compared with the original build then I still feel that LR would be able to direct her as they did for us.
If Josie is only seeking plans of internal changes then I agree that LR would not hold these.