Room height after modernization still 220 cm

Hello everyone,

I am planning to buy a house and would like your advice.

The house was built in 1957 and was completely modernized in 2012.

Among other things, the basement ceiling was insulated and underfloor heating was installed. This caused the room height on the ground floor to shrink to about 220 cm (clear height). I believe I heard that in BW the room height has to be at least 230 cm.

I am not really bothered by the room height because you don’t hit your head even at 220 cm, but was the renovation even legally okay and what about a possible resale?

Are there any other disadvantages of such a low room height or even advantages that I might have overlooked?

The low ceilings would be a KO criterion for me. When we were house hunting, one of the first questions was how high the ceilings are. So, regarding the resale value, I would consider that a strong negative feature. As for the legal aspect, it is probably okay (without guarantee), since countless old buildings do not have the ceiling height required for new buildings and still are (can be) inhabited. I would think carefully about it.

You are buying a house that is not allowed to be used for residential purposes (Landesbauordnung BW). For me as a banker, an unusable property whose value tends toward zero. At least that is how an appraiser must value the property.

2.20m absolute disaster.

We are building 2.65 m clear height, because 2.45 seemed oppressive to me. (I’m exaggerating a bit)
(I’m also almost 1.90)

So I have now spoken with a building expert who said that the 2.30 m only applies to new buildings. For existing properties, this is completely fine. The buyer just has to decide if it suits them or not. I also measured again, the rooms are exactly 2.21 m and since everything is newly plastered and very bright, you don't get the feeling that it "crushes" you at all. And I know what I'm talking about, at the moment I live in a new building (2017) and there the room height is 2.62 m. Therefore, I find your statement that because of this the value goes to zero simply wrong.

So I have now spoken with a building expert, who said that the 2.30 m only applies to new buildings. For existing properties this is completely fine. The buyer just has to decide whether it suits him or not.
I also measured again, the rooms are exactly 2.21 m and since everything is newly plastered and very bright, you don't feel at all that it "oppresses" you. And I know what I'm talking about, at the moment I live in a new building (2017) and the room height there is 2.62 m.

Therefore, I find your statement that the value goes to zero because of this simply wrong.

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You now live in 2.62 m and find 2.21 m not oppressive?