ᐅ What construction-related information would I never share publicly in the forum?
Created on: 24 Oct 2025 14:19
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1689owen
The first quotes are starting to come in. This made me wonder how detailed I want to share sketches from architects, offer lists from general contractors, etc., here in the forum.
I understand that the more details I provide, the better the help I can get. But since the forum is public,
- anyone might be able to see my plot of land and identify me,
- architectural plans and offer drawings are probably protected by copyright unless they are freely available online,
- even if I just say "designed based on model x from company y," "modified in the following areas," and then list everything, my general contractor might be reading along. Is that good or not?
How have you weighed this? Are there any tips, guidelines, or recommendations?
Thanks!
I understand that the more details I provide, the better the help I can get. But since the forum is public,
- anyone might be able to see my plot of land and identify me,
- architectural plans and offer drawings are probably protected by copyright unless they are freely available online,
- even if I just say "designed based on model x from company y," "modified in the following areas," and then list everything, my general contractor might be reading along. Is that good or not?
How have you weighed this? Are there any tips, guidelines, or recommendations?
Thanks!
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MachsSelbst29 Oct 2025 08:331689owen schrieb:
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How did you weigh something like that? Are there any tips, guidelines, etc.?
(...)Quite simply, I don’t post things like that at all.
But then you have to accept that you won’t get proper—or sometimes any—help, and you’ll have to make all the decisions on your own. Small things like a wording from the development plan or a technical question about how to correctly construct the floor are still manageable. An offer or a contract can be retyped if necessary instead of scanned...
However, anything that requires plans of the house, property, surrounding buildings, elevations, orientation, and so on, you simply won’t get help with.