Hello experts,
I found in the Thuringia building regulations §47 that a minimum clear ceiling height of 2.40m (7 ft 10 in) applies for habitable rooms. However, this does not apply to residential buildings in building classes 1 and 2.
The question now is whether we have to accept a ceiling height of 2.44m (8 ft) in the living room bay window (single-family house with 1.5 storeys) from our developer, if no explicit ceiling height is specified in the contract or the description of services, but the contract and building application drawings show a dimension of 2.508m (8 ft 3 in).
We find the 6cm (2.4 in) below the usually common 2.50m (8 ft 2 in) rather oppressive and consider it a defect. But is it actually one? And what could we possibly do?
Thanks in advance for your professional assessment!
I found in the Thuringia building regulations §47 that a minimum clear ceiling height of 2.40m (7 ft 10 in) applies for habitable rooms. However, this does not apply to residential buildings in building classes 1 and 2.
The question now is whether we have to accept a ceiling height of 2.44m (8 ft) in the living room bay window (single-family house with 1.5 storeys) from our developer, if no explicit ceiling height is specified in the contract or the description of services, but the contract and building application drawings show a dimension of 2.508m (8 ft 3 in).
We find the 6cm (2.4 in) below the usually common 2.50m (8 ft 2 in) rather oppressive and consider it a defect. But is it actually one? And what could we possibly do?
Thanks in advance for your professional assessment!
Bauexperte schrieb:
Requirements .... how are we supposed to know that?
You weren’t there => That’s why I mentioned above that we also agreed on "flush with the ceiling" in writing during the technical specification phase. And "flush with the ceiling" should be clear enough!?
Regards, scooter.
