How or Would you write this up?

[John Overholser]

Basement bathroom -- view from inside the bathroom looking at the doorway. Basement ceiling is lower than door height. Is this reportable, and if so, how would you report it?

Not a house I inspected...just my in-laws house, but had me curious as a new inspector

[Pete Campbell]

take measurements. Is it likely that someone could hit their head? Is most of the basement a low ceiling? Or only near this spot? Just apply some common sense here.

[John Overholser]

It's not low enough for most people to hit their heads...but being 6'5" tall, I've hit my head on it numerous times LOL. A large portion of that area of the basement is that height.

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Sounds like the basement ceiling height is too low. That would indicate an "unpermitted" finished basement - not legally a habitable space. What is the ceiling height in the basement?

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

We have tons of turn of the century homes with finished basement at 6-2 or 6-3 in height. You sure aren't going to raise the ceiling. I would much rather have seen them put in a custom cut door so it doesn't give someone a false sense of the height of the room on the other side of the door. At least if you see a lower door, you can anticipate a possible problem.

The home is what it is.

[John Overholser]

I agree...my head sure does wish it was done differently. Thanks for the replies guys.