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Daniel K.
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Low headroom in a stairway. Major problem or no?

Daniel K.
  • Investor
  • Parma, OH
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I have a choice between two cape cod homes that are otherwise about the same.  One has low headroom in the stairway going upstairs to two bedrooms, with the master bedroom on the first floor.  How much of an issue is it that tenants have to duck their head down to 5 feet entering the stairway?  Is it worth buying for a price of 15000 less than a similar home without the issue?  Have any of you dealt with a property that had this issue?

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Kenneth Garrett
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Kenneth Garrett
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If the headroom is that low (requirement is 6’8”) sounds like it was done without a permit.  It’s a bad code violation.  When I decide if a tenant will be bothered by something, I look at it if I were renting it with my family how would I look at it. I would pick the one without the 5 foot headroom.

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