Ok i know its normal for people to go through various floorplans and pick out bits and pieces or even styles from them and use for themselves but whats happened to Us is bothering me a little bit..
Here goes. Ok engaged with an Architect to design a unique development for Us. Spent a lot of time engaging with council and various consultants and engineers to get things like turning circles etc right. Finally got planning approval through so all good on that front.
Just received letter from Council and we've been notified (through the public notification process) of a development application next door to us for the same development...flipped over to the plans and the floor area, floorplans, elevations, landscaping...everything, i mean EVERYTHING is identical to Ours. It normally wouldn't bother Me but this is right next door to Us so it bothers me more than usual.
Are the architects allowed to just replicate the plans we've had them draw up for us for someone else like that???
I know the bigger builders have a copyright thing on their floorplans but i have no idea in terms of what they're allowed to do/not do when it comes to architect firms and private clients engaging them to draw up plans for them.
Obviously i'm not going to take this anywhere even if we did have a case, i'm just curious.
Anyone have any idea???
Here goes. Ok engaged with an Architect to design a unique development for Us. Spent a lot of time engaging with council and various consultants and engineers to get things like turning circles etc right. Finally got planning approval through so all good on that front.
Just received letter from Council and we've been notified (through the public notification process) of a development application next door to us for the same development...flipped over to the plans and the floor area, floorplans, elevations, landscaping...everything, i mean EVERYTHING is identical to Ours. It normally wouldn't bother Me but this is right next door to Us so it bothers me more than usual.
Are the architects allowed to just replicate the plans we've had them draw up for us for someone else like that???
I know the bigger builders have a copyright thing on their floorplans but i have no idea in terms of what they're allowed to do/not do when it comes to architect firms and private clients engaging them to draw up plans for them.
Obviously i'm not going to take this anywhere even if we did have a case, i'm just curious.
Anyone have any idea???