Posted Apr 30, 2018, 9:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mhays
In my city residential projects are almost universally around 10' floor-to-floor, which is closer to 9' ceilings not including soffit areas. The main reason is height limits...if you're allowed 400' for habitable space, or 240', 125', 65', whatever, in a high-demand city, you're going to cram those floors in. The 65' example might include a two-level concrete podium with townhouses that have bedroom lofts (17' combined?) which works if the rest (generally woodframe) is closer to 9'6" f-t-f, with some rooftop elements not counting.
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Yeah, I think most people get that. But like Crawford, I strongly dislike low ceilings. I want 10’ ceilings at a minimum.
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