Browse Forums Building A New House Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 21Aug 09, 2013 12:00 pm Our builder only charged $2800 to upgrade the height, we have a larger single level home, 30sq living I think it was... Anyway standard height was 2.4m and 2.7m is a massive difference. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 23Aug 25, 2013 11:50 pm High ceilings make your house feel bigger, more 'airy' and light. But if you do it... also remember to get high doors (both internal and external) and high windows (if possible). Our builder charged us $7400 per storey. !@#%$^@ Also... wide doors look great too. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 24Aug 26, 2013 12:39 am Yeah it's worth it. I upgraded mine to 2.7m and you can see in the photo below it looks much more spacious. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hkdgxu0ph9m7ygv/houseimg10.JPG In my new build, I'm going to 2.95m! Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 25Aug 26, 2013 7:14 am Hate the high ceilings. With high ceilings the curtains, doors, windows looks strange if you do not extends those as well. If you want your house to feel bigger, you should chose a more open plan design and not one that is like a maze. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 26Aug 26, 2013 8:04 am I like 2.7 but I've lived in a rental with 3m ceilings and it is a nightmare to clean cobwebs out of those and we had to paint one of the rooms because of some mould and spending a day up a ladder did neither my partner or I any favors. Also the bedrooms in that house were massive but still only felt small because they were almost as high as they were wide. Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 27Aug 26, 2013 8:58 am In the last 2 house I have built, we did it. And I love them, yes blinds may cost more, windows and doors will cost more at build time (due to being larger), but very worth it for that feeling of space and openness. In my first house (a volume builder home) a friend purchased the same home without the high ceilings and after walking thru my home, it was her biggest regret. High ceilings create a feeling of space and extra light. With the house we are building now (a 2 storey) we have high ceilings on both floors. Because we are building fence to fence (side fences) and can not have windows down the side of the house, we lifted the ceilings to let more light in. Our first builder tried to inform us that they couldn't build on our block with the high ceilings to the ground floor - this was not negotiable for me, we found a builder who would do it. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 28Aug 26, 2013 1:15 pm Agape With the house we are building now (a 2 storey) we have high ceilings on both floors. Because we are building fence to fence (side fences) and can not have windows down the side of the house, we lifted the ceilings to let more light in. Our first builder tried to inform us that they couldn't build on our block with the high ceilings to the ground floor - this was not negotiable for me, we found a builder who would do it. Maybe that refusal wasn't just being obstinate, but was a function of their house designs? We weren't able to make the upstairs ceilings as high as we wanted (downstairs is 2.75 by default) because the house would've been taller than is allowed according to the building regulations. So rather than getting the roof structure completely redesigned we had upstairs as high as we could (I think about 2.6m or so - still better from a ceiling-fans POV than 2.4m). Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 29Aug 26, 2013 2:27 pm There was some research done on this in some house design magazine, where they polled 500 people going through the same house but with different ceiling height. 95% preferred the higher ceiling (2.7m) vs the short 2.5m ceiling and claimed it made the house 36% better than the lower ceiling. I guess its our fixation in society that anything bigger, taller is better. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 31Nov 08, 2014 10:48 am I was charged $6860 to upgrade to 2.55m high ceilings with Bell River homes. I was told 2.6m doesn't exist. I checked CSR's gyprock website and they only come in 1200mm or 1350mm in width. Which is consistent with that. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 32Nov 08, 2014 12:11 pm My builder included 2.5m height, but I have to pay $2800 for 2.7 which I thought was very reasonable. Another builder was charging closer to $3500 for 2.7m. My house is 16square (so quite small). Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 33Nov 09, 2014 8:28 am aloenyx My builder included 2.5m height, but I have to pay $2800 for 2.7 which I thought was very reasonable. Another builder was charging closer to $3500 for 2.7m. My house is 16square (so quite small). With that size house, increasing the height would make it feel bigger than what it is, it'll just feel open. And at that price why wouldn't you. The $3500 mark is excessive --- Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 35Nov 09, 2014 2:55 pm We increased the ceilings to the main living/kitchen/dining and theatre. It's sooo worth it. Next time we build we will put higher ceilings in the rest of the house too! Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 36Nov 09, 2014 3:26 pm tonyattheponds High ceilings make your house feel bigger, more 'airy' and light. But if you do it... also remember to get high doors (both internal and external) and high windows (if possible). Our builder charged us $7400 per storey. !@#%$^@ Also... wide doors look great too. I am a great fan of higher ceilings and we upgraded ours to 2.7m. However you dont have to get higher doors or windows with this - I have seen many many older and newer houses with high ceilings and standard doors/windows, looks perfectly normal. Someone else mentioned about it costing a fortune to heat/cool - I havent found this - and in fact higher ceilings are generally considered to keep naturally cooler than lower ceilings. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 37Nov 09, 2014 5:20 pm We went from standard 2400mm to 2590mm (I think it's based on the number of courses of bricks that determines the measurements) at $5292 for a 289sqm house One thing to note is that we wanted taller stacking/glass doors but were only able to upgrade to 2143mm high and not the 2400 high ones as our ceilings still weren't high enough (probably needs the 2700mm high ceiling) Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 38Nov 09, 2014 6:53 pm We have standard ceilings but took the raised ceiling option for the kitchen, dining, living. It's 3.33m so is a real feature piece. It's what sold us on the house immediately when we walked into the display (Simonds Palisade). It's stunning and we put two long windows up high above our two sliding doors from kitchen/dining to maximise the light and airy feeling. Re: upgrade to high ceiling? 39Nov 09, 2014 9:30 pm nextbigstep We have standard ceilings but took the raised ceiling option for the kitchen, dining, living. It's 3.33m so is a real feature piece. It's what sold us on the house immediately when we walked into the display (Simonds Palisade). It's stunning and we put two long windows up high above our two sliding doors from kitchen/dining to maximise the light and airy feeling. I love the Palisade beautiful choice, and with that area higher, you don't need the other rooms to be more than 2.4m --- It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8281 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39748 How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? 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