On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 6:58:55 PM UTC+1, Clive George wrote:
On 11/08/2015 17:08, sm_jamieson wrote:
I think its a real shame modern house ceilings are de facto standard 8 foot, or the slightly lower 2.4m. A standard of 9 feet would have made such a difference to the feeling of space. Our kitchen extension has more height, and it feels really nice.

I think due to roof line considerations in planning, building near to 8 foot ceiling houses perpetuates. I'd consider building into the roof or digging down if I was building such a house.

From the photos I've seen, a lot of the footballers house type Mc-Mansions have large rooms with only 8 feet ceilings, which leads to horrible proportions, like standing in a multi-storey car park.

I lived in a reasonably large modern house for a bit (company rented a
house for several of us), and yes, it suffered in that way. The main
living room, which was quite large, felt cramped for that reason. The
smaller second living room was a lot more comfortable.

If I was having a house built, large rooms would also be taller.

I would have thought there would be a market for new house builders to do some "high ceiling" (well it would be 9ft) houses, and make a big marketing thing about it. Cost of an extra 2 ft on the house over 2 floors would be less than the extra they could charge ?
Simon.