Upper floor too low, is insulation possible without loss of room height?

Actually, I am also in favor of raising the roof and rebuilding it, if possible. But that completely ruins the appearance of the house.

apropos Dach anheben: is there even an established procedure to completely raise a roof in order to install a height increase of the walls underneath? Provided that one does not run into height restrictions of the development plan.

By raising I meant tearing down, rebuilding walls, new roof. Not physically lifting the old stuff :D

By raising I meant tearing down, rebuilding walls, new roof. Not physically lifting the old stuff :D

Yeah, that’s also the 'established procedure'.
But again: It can’t seriously be planned that someone should live under 2m ceiling height? It MUST be rebuilt, it MUST be insulated. That means the roof including the roof structure MUST be new. It seems to me this is being a bit romanticized here.
If the plot and location are really that good, it’s no harm to invest a bit more into the house.
But dreaming it beautiful now is not the point either. The upper floor is an attic and currently not sensibly usable otherwise. So you’re buying a bungalow.

The house does have a large plot around it. Together with the [Bauamt], a solution can surely be found to expand it, either in width or height.

By the way, I know people who live in half-timbered houses with 1.9m ceilings and find it okay. It wouldn't be for me as a tall lanky guy, but it's not impossible. Just saying. But I think a solution can be found. Maybe large dormers can be installed, the structure reinforced, who knows. Of course, a professional has to decide that and the [Bauamt] has to cooperate. Consider a new, higher roof structure or an extension.

Yes, of course, there are also millions of people living in corrugated metal huts. In old buildings, ceilings are often lower, 2.30m is still quite usable. But 2m is simply too little, even if you are not 1.90m tall. The house is not historically valuable now, and frankly, I don't find it beautiful either. But that is a matter of taste; only the new owner has to like it.

If you remove and insulate the dropped ceiling, you can have an open roof structure in the children's room. I had that as a child and teenager too and thought it was really beautiful. You just have to insulate well so the room doesn't become a sauna.