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I tried going through the web and got a bunch of listed condos for sale. I need to find an official floor plan of my Condo where can I find it?

You may get a close drawing if the association has them.
Apartments have rough floor plans for renters, not Architectural drawings.
"Official/Architectural" plans are the property of the architects and/or the builders. They don’t give those free.

I don’t know your needs, but you can draw a floor plan on graph paper.
Use each square as 1/4 inch per foot. Your measurements will be pretty accurate, even tho the squares may not reflect less than 6 inches. For accuracy you need a scaled ruler and a square.
Curves may give you a problem unless you use a compass.

Just measure each room, half way into each door.
The actual plans do include "outside wall thickness", about 4" plus sheetrock, 1/2 inch, and outside brick or siding.
This is why inside wall to wall measurements do not match Architectural drawings.

3 Responses

1. T E Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 10:45 am

   try the condo owner, association, builder…
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2. jake Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 11:05 am

   You may get a close drawing if the association has them.
   Apartments have rough floor plans for renters, not Architectural drawings.
   "Official/Architectural" plans are the property of the architects and/or the builders. They don’t give those free.

   I don’t know your needs, but you can draw a floor plan on graph paper.
   Use each square as 1/4 inch per foot. Your measurements will be pretty accurate, even tho the squares may not reflect less than 6 inches. For accuracy you need a scaled ruler and a square.
   Curves may give you a problem unless you use a compass.

   Just measure each room, half way into each door.
   The actual plans do include "outside wall thickness", about 4" plus sheetrock, 1/2 inch, and outside brick or siding.
   This is why inside wall to wall measurements do not match Architectural drawings.
   References :

3. J P Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 11:15 am

   Every Condo must have a "map" recorded with the County. Your County offices should have a clerk’s office, or a clerk and recorder that handles official real estate records. You should be able to find a copy of the map there. The map will show your unit both vertically and horizontally.
   References :

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