ANSI sketch requirements

[DWiley]

you know he ain't measuring to the inch...just telling the sheep how to do it so the data is more consistent

Measuring to the tenth of a foot would be nothing new for me. That is how I was trained and how I did it for over 25 years, well before the ANSI standard was even created. We used fiberglass tapes “back in the day” and we used tenths rather than inches because it made the math easier, - that was prior to the introduction of sketching software and auto calculated GLA

 

[glenn walker]

Hell ANZI bought some more time, as they easly could have just eliminated inspections and measuring and it would have been all over.

 

[gregb]

We used fiberglass tapes “back in the day” and we used tenths rather than inches because it made the math easier, - that was prior to the introduction of sketching software and auto calculated GLA

Looking at some sketches from the 1990's, there appears to be mis-calculations hand-written onto the sketch more than one would think.

 

[glenn walker]

Back in those days common sense was still around. Nobody expected perfection of GLA and we considered a 5% +/-variance or 100 Sq.Ft. to be OK.

 

[gregb]

Back in those days common sense was still around. Nobody expected perfection of GLA and we considered a 5% +/-variance or 100 Sq.Ft. to be OK.

Several chief appraisers said don't worry about what the assessor, public records or blue prints state, we want to make the loan based on what you tell us the existing improvements measure to. "If we make the loan, its based on the existing improvements as measured by the appraiser, not what is stated on a piece of paper or some blue prints."

 

[gregb]

Ever notice that no blue prints state any reference to ANSI? Was provided a set of blue prints by the architect who was selling his residence. Asked if the blue prints were based on ANSI, or if his home was built by the contractor to ANSI standards. He looked at me like I was having crazy thoughts!

 

[glenn walker]

Ever notice that no blue prints state any reference to ANSI? Was provided a set of blue prints by the architect who was selling his residence. Asked if the blue prints were based on ANSI, or if his home was built by the contractor to ANSI standards. He looked at me like I was having crazy thoughts!

ANZI is whats called ISO and fairly recent to the measuring of homes. BUT remember Architects do not measure homes they draw designs and floor plans.

The measuring exteriors of homes is not a architectural drawing and its size is often "inflated" by whatever type and thickness the siding the builder has used on the homes wood-brick frame etc. In my area the stucco exterior adds between 3" inches to as much as 4 inches to each end of the exterior gross measurements.

 

[gregb]

There is much common sense that VA has declined to adopt the ANZI "standard" when it comes to imposing on its panel appraisers this measuring method adopted by the GSE's.

 

[djd09]

Measuring to the tenth of a foot would be nothing new for me. That is how I was trained and how I did it for over 25 years, well before the ANSI standard was even created. We used fiberglass tapes “back in the day” and we used tenths rather than inches because it made the math easier, - that was prior to the introduction of sketching software and auto calculated GLA

fannie already had measuring regulations which you seemed to disobey...thanks for setting the precedent

 

[Dublin ohio]

There is much common sense that VA has declined to adopt the ANZI "standard" when it comes to imposing on its panel appraisers this measuring method adopted by the GSE's.

Give it time. They will. They use GSE forms, require UAD and did require the 1004MC. Over the years I have heard rants about how useless UAD and the 1004MC were. But yet the VA did adopt them.