Can you describe 'stories' as high or low?

No, sounds very odd to me.
In my lexicon, the first floor is the ground floor.

The first floor is the one above the ground floor in British English..

How would you say this please if this isn't correct? How can I explain this please?
The stories are very high. If you were to jump out of a first floor window, I doubt you would survive.
The stories are very low. You could jump out the first floor window and wouldn't even break a leg.

The stories of our building are small/low. There aren't lots of stairs between floors.
The lo

The ceilings are very high. (The height of each floor of course has to be greater than the internal ceilings.)

How about, "The vertical distance between floors is unusually great. If you were..."

I see what you mean by ceiling but that's not exactly the same as what I would like to say
Can a storey be "high" , "low" ?
The stories are very high. If you were to jump out of a first floor window, I doubt you would survive.
The stories are very low. You could jump out the first floor window and wouldn't even break a leg.

Is this sentence correct?
The stories of our bui

In Canada, houses have two storeys (and bungalows have one) and commonly a basement (finished or not). Older homes have high ceilings but the normal storey height is 10 feet. A commercial building, depending on the occupancy (industrial or office), would also have a normal storey height. The obvious exception is supermarkets with metal scaffolding due to the absence of dividing walls. Even mor