Ceiling Height Basement

[AnnaDianaK]

After the flooding, I have a few questions. The basement floor has been leveled with self-leveling compound, and now that we are looking for a wardrobe, we see that the ceiling height in one of the rooms is 202 cm. From what I can gather, the minimum approved ceiling height is 210 cm. They leveled all the rooms but only raised the one with water-based underfloor heating significantly, it ended up being around 7-8 cm higher. Is it true that the ceiling height cannot be lower than 210 cm? And what could happen if that's the case?

 

[Dublin]

2.10 applies to new constructions. There are plenty of older homes with lower ceiling heights - nothing "special" happens with them...

 

[A.G]

I believe that if the ceiling height is too low, it is also not counted as secondary space.

 

[Dublin]

I have the impression that if the ceiling height is too low, it is also not counted as secondary space.

But then you have to go below 1.90

 

[TypRätt]

It should be at least 2.30 nowadays to be counted as living space, right? Nothing more happens except it becomes easier to hit your head and you can't say the living area is X sqm on the day you're going to sell.

 

[Huddingebo]

I seem to recall that if the ceiling height in the "basement" is too high, it is considered a floor and not a basement.

 

[TypRätt]

I think I have also read that if the ceiling height is too high in the "basement" it is counted as a floor and not as a basement.

It probably becomes a floor if there is living space. A basement is, according to the definition, below or mostly below ground. That doesn't say anything about its condition, I think that if you were to build a floor completely without windows, it probably wouldn't be counted as a floor because there is no living space. Just guessing here, though.

 

[Dublin]

It should be at least 2.30 nowadays to count as living area, right? Nothing happens other than hitting your head more easily and not being able to say that the living area is X sqm when you want to sell.

It would be nice if it were so because then I wouldn't have any living area at all in the vacation house. But the tax agency thinks 1.90 is enough. However, there are rules for new construction that say at least 2.10.
https://www.skatteverket.se/privat/fastigheterochbostad/fastighetstaxering/deklarerasmahus/matreglerforsmahus.4.5cbdbba811c9a768f0c80002011.html

 

[SågspånPappspikEternit]

Building regulations are (thankfully) not retroactive. The rules that apply today cannot be used to demand changes to old, existing houses.