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The units come standard with popcorn/stucco ceilings. To have them upgrade it to smooth ceilings would be $4.25 per sq. ft. Isn't that a little high??
It is indeed high but, unfortunately, standard. I paid close to $2,000 to smooth out the ceilings in my entire 2-bedroom unit. The reason they say it's so pricey is because it takes a LOT longer for the construction crew/workers to smooth out that concrete ceiling perfectly than it would to just spray it over with the icky popcorn stuff. It's the man hours you're supposedly paying for. I hope *I* won't regret it when I get into my place, but I have high ceilings and didn't want to muck them up with the stucco. I'm not a fan.
Oh, and it's a VERY messy, very persnickity job for you to do afterward. The ceiling underneath your stucco is not perfectly smooth, so your job is not over just when you remove the stuff.