olivia

When I moved into Trace Creek in 2004, I began a quest to get plans for my home. I called Life Forms - they were no help, saying they didn't keep plans for homes built over 10 years ago. I then called the Woodlands Associations, to see if the plans were on file, as they're supposed to be. Nope.

So I hit a dead end. If anyone has plans for a circa 1989 Treehouse, the largest plan with the upstairs office, please drop me a note.

I seem to remember a realtor who kept plans for lots of houses and models. Don't remember her name, offhand, but I'll bet there are a few obsessive/compulsive realtors who collect these things as houses come out, so that they are equipped with the floor plans when they sell the houses years down the road. Maybe start calling the local realtors?

Who knows, I might even have one in my piles, somewhere, because we offered on a Treehouse once (just off Gosling in that Hidden Lakes area, on Misty Morning). If I find it one of these days, (I'm in a major declutter mode this year), I'd be happy to send you a copy, but I'd try realtors first.

I have always loved Life Forms homes. They were masters of use of space. There was very little wasted space in their homes. I have the line drawings of one of their homes built in the late 90's. Does anyone have any recommendations on who I can get to draw it up into usable blueprints or design a house very similar to it. We are going to build a house in the country and this is the only house that we have ever walked into and got that Ahh feeling.

Do you mean the 2D drawings that they hand out? I have the original drawings, elevations, etc of structure, electrical, carpentry, etc. from when Life Forms built our Laurel in 1994ish, on Greywing Circle in Alden Trace. It sits opposite a little culdesac near Midnight Moon.

Unfortunatly, I have no guidance to give you, but I am also interested in finding plans of the Life Forms homes, such as the Tree House. We have the same idea as you - build a similar house in a rural, wooded setting. We had really liked some of the ones in Summerlyn Wave, sort of craftsman style cottages. Very private master suites and well laid interiors.

We held onto the plans for our Laurel, because I'd never been in a home that gave me that feeling before, either! I wonder if anyone else in those neighborhoods did the same, and for a small fee would be willing to part with it, or with a copy of it...... it might be worth a little door-knocking. Given the price of plans these days, it might even be worth a few title searches and long-distance phone calls.

I too am a lover of Life Forms homes. I just found out that they are no longer around. What a shame . I live in a Life Forms home that was built in 1994. I am trying to find the contractor or anyone who knows who put the thermostats in my home., I can't figure out how to work the thermostat. I went to the company's site but had no such luck.

You may have gotten the answer already, but if you haven't, you might try Jack's Cool Air, since they installed the AC in our 1994-built Laurel in Alden Trace. I wasn't totally thrilled with their service, I much prefer Phil Stojanik as an AC guy and home inspection guy for integrity and service, but Jack's was the name on my thermostat. I absolutely adored that house (tho we upsized to Altwood). I never felt "cold" even in the winter. The soaring LR-DR area always felt cozy and comfortable and full of light. Since we deliberately avoided stucco, we avoided mold problems entirely.