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[quote=Anonymous]Our basement was unfinished when we bought our circa-1900 row house on Capitol Hill. After a few years, we finished it to the point where it was sort of usable: dry walled 2/3 of the room (we left the back unfinished and used it for storage and laundry), added recessed lights, a closet, and a very basic bathroom. Painted the concrete floors. The ceilings where we finished them are about 6’ 8”—maybe a little more. But in some spots, where pipes were lower, the dry wall comes down to about 6 feet. The back part of the basement has an open ceiling and the beams are about 7 feet above the floor.

Anyway, we’ve reached the point where we want to finish the whole basement to make it a true third floor, with a bedroom/office and a family room. Assuming we’re never going to rent it out, but we DO want it to be comfortable and attractive, should we pay an extra 50k or so to dig down and make the ceilings higher? We could probably move all the pipes to the side of the basement so that there are no more low spots in the ceiling. But assuming we end up with a whole finished 700 sf basement with 6’8” ceilings, with nice new windows, built in shelves, and new flooring, will we regret that we didn’t spend more and dig down?

I guess I’d love to visit some basements that are nice and finished but with sub-7-foot ceilings. Since I can’t, can anyone weigh in with their own experience?[/quote]

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