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Minimum temperature in rented flat?
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poppysarah wrote: »One heater is unlikely to be able to heat a 4 room flat (bathroom, kitchen, lounge and bedroom) adequately.
It depends what you call adequate, depends on the heater and depends on the flat. My north-facing Yorkshire flat never falls below 12C, presumably due to my neighbours. There is not then much work to get the flat up to 16 to 18C, which is quite comfortable with a sensible amount of layers on and quite safe if you are young and healthy. I had a small gathering here New Year's eve and we were fine with just my large living area panel heater (some hardy folks were in t-shirts, tho there was alcohol involved!
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Last winter I got asked to consult on a teenage friend of the family's heating arrangements. They were using the hall storage heater (on dayrate :eek:) to heat the entire flat as they thought it would be cheaper than putting the larger living area one on, I was amazed at how warm the flat was, perhaps 20C. The flat was a new build two bedroom corner flat, tho IIRC one bedroom was closed off.
Edited to add: also depends on the layout of the flat; the kitchen and living area are often one unit in a modern flat. I concede my bathroom is not warm until you pop the shower on. Never went in the teenagers bathroom so can't comment.Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
BitterAndTwisted wrote: »True, but the OP should have been able to figure that out for themselves when they viewed the property in the first place! There has been no mention of guns being held to heads
It's a mistake that the EPC should have alerted them to before they signed.
The EPC should state things like "only one heater for four rooms" - because the inexperienced won't pay attention to things like that.0 -
It depends what you call adequate, depends on the heater and depends on the flat.
Without getting one room overly hot and the others not warm enough - I think we will have to disagree here. Especially if ventilation is needed by opening windows you will never keep the place warm enough.
If your flat was 4'C as base temperature you would understand.0 -
poppysarah wrote: »Without getting one room overly hot and the others not warm enough - I think we will have to disagree here. Especially if ventilation is needed by opening windows you will never keep the place warm enough. If your flat was 4'C as base temperature you would understand.
As I clearly stated it depends on the flat:
"Depending on the size, one heater in full working order is perfectly capable of warming a reasonably insulated flat to a comfortable/ safe temperature."
I manually ventilated for an average of an hour a day the last three winters, and even then the flat didn't fall below 10C and quickly got back to temperature. My bedroom is obviously a couple of degrees cooler than my living area with the latter's heater on, but many people would consider that desirable.Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
"Never went in the teenagers bathroom"
very wise
""The EPC should state things like "only one heater for four rooms" - because the inexperienced won't pay attention to things like that""
yes tenant should have read it..... i have never been asked to show one by one prospective tenant since this legislation came in.... ....... another piece of beaucratic nonsense from Europe.....0 -
4'C sounds unlikely unless the house is full of holes.
OP, are you sure your son is not exagerating with the temperature?0 -
Bongedonen - please tell us more about SAP 35 - thanks
Sorry took so long getting back. Forgot about this thread.
The SAP rating is on the EPC. It is derived from the size of the property, heating and insulation. Any property SAP 35 and below is classed as being in fuel poverty and can have enforcement action issued by environmental health under HHSRS.
Portable plug in heaters are ingnored when making the assessment as they are only temporary. The LL would have to make sure their was adequate heating and insulation to bring the level above. The OP can check the SAP figure on their EPC. It is the number that comes before the A-G rating.0 -
well just shows how carefully i read my EPC's ! - thanks
this seems to be the answer to this thread - OP - what does it say on your EPC cert ?0
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