10 vs 12 foot ceilings in new construction

8-9 foot is kind of standard. 12 foot is pretty tall and is mostly done just in the living room/foyer. I'd stick with the 10 foot. You still probably want 8 foot doors and windows. The cost really isn't all that much more. I mean, if you can swing it 12 foot would be nice but 10 will in no way hurt resale

12' in living/family, maybe a study is a nice feature. Most construction right now is 10' down and 9' up as standard in my area. I understand what you're saying about down the road 10' being the 8' of today, you could alway hedge and do 11' with 8' doors, aesthetically that would look fine and you could bump area mentioned above to 12' to give a little dimension.

I've got 10' throughout, with cathedral in living room to 13', trey and master to 11', 9' upstairs. One thing about 10' is you will never be able to go back to 8 or 9, spoils you big time

Do they make an 11' 2x4? If not you are buying a 12' and spending money on labor to have it cut a foot. At that point, 12' might be cheaper, same with drywall 3 sheets 4' tall vs labor to cut a sheet...

I designed my own home and went into the design with the assumption that I would have 12 foot ceilings everywhere. By the time I finished the design I only had 12 foot ceiling in the living room, dining room, study and guess bedroom (all down stairs). The kitchen had 9 food ceilings.

All the rooms upstairs were 9 foot with 10 foot vaulted ceilings except the bathrooms and kids study.

If you use 8 foot doors and crown molding you will still get that "grand feeling" with 9 foot ceilings. Furthermore, a change in ceiling height from room to room really added a nice juxtaposition between each room even though some of the rooms were only separated by archways. That is, contrasting ceiling height turned out to be a nice feature.

Thanks for the suggestions all. Can you compromise at 11? I wasn't aware that they made 11' 2 x fours

Tigersfan, Shoot me an email- lsfeagle at gmail if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks for the help all.

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8-9 foot is kind of standard. 12 foot is pretty tall and is mostly done just in the living room/foyer. I'd stick with the 10 foot.

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Built last year. Ihave 12' ceilings in living room/dining room/foyer and 10' every where else. 8' doors throughout the house though. 12' just makes it look a little grander to me.

depends on price range under 300K 10 may be ok but when you get above that new construction is moving toward 12 and 14 in living areas you could go to 10 with tray ceilings in bed rooms

And if you are thinking resale- max out the crown mldg in living and master bedrooms- lesser crown in other rooms