My flat is baking....

sm9ai

There was something similar in one of these cheapo catalogues better buy? or something similar.

Anyway they were ice packs that clipped onto the wire cage of the fan. Similar to the bottles from Spain!

Also if you get fans put then near the window, it will suck in colder air from outside. If you put then in the middle of the room it will just circulate warm air.

brazilianwax

Generali wrote: »

Those water units aren't bad and are pretty cheap to buy and run.

We have two of these in our London flat - it's south facing and 2 walls in the living room are glass. it's like living in a microwave in the summer.

one cooler in the living room and one in the bedroom is all it takes to cool it to a comfortable level. I think they were about £40 each a couple of years ago.
:T :T :T

thesaint

Meatballs wrote: »

Ok fair point, there may not be a requirement to have heating in rented accomodation.

I realise it relates to working temperature, not living, but it was the only guage I could find (and remember it states a maximum not an ideal) - and a lot of people do strenuous activity in the home such as cleaning.
Cleaning, what's that?

If I rented a remote cottage without heaters, it would be obvious that it could get very cold during the winter and my rent would reflect this. It would be very hard to judge the temperature of a flat in summer when viewing at another time of the year! (Equally the landlord may not know about a temperature problem unless it is brought to their attention so they would be unable to let the tenant know).
It is also obvious that a house in a built up area facing the sun will get hot in the summer? It's just that we are not adept in judging this in this country yet.

I would expect rented accomodation with an extreme of this kind to be reduced in price to cover the cost of extra heating/extra cooling/discomfort.
Who says it hasn't, Did they ask?
I would seriously consider action if my flat suffered extremes of temperature (too cold or too hot) that I was not fully warned about before taking up the tenancy. Obviously you rent on the assumption that somewhere is fit to live in.
Your action is somewhat limited to a request to the owner/landlord.
If a judge were to decide, I presume he would laugh you out of court. He would then repeat your case to his guests amusement at the up and coming BBQ season.

I don't know what temps I would consider extreme but of course I would try to be reasonable, I'm sat in my boxers upstairs typing this because my room is quite hot - haven't complained about that.
While landlords are the cause of many of societies problems, I do not believe that the weather is one of them(yet;) )

Obviously everyone has different tolerances, and there are no guidelines (that I know of) but there are definitly health considerations to take into account.
Are we still talking about hot weather?

Would a landlord be negligent letting without due warning a cold , unheated cottage, to a frail/unfirm elderly person? Then take the scenario and ask what if it's too hot?
No, the frail/infirm ederly person(or their advocate) would be negligent.
Its a grey area and I dont know but think it's worthy of thinking about.

It is worth thinking about, but tenants have to take some responsibility.

This country does not need to slip any further into the culture of 'Where there's blame, there's a claim'.
Think of it as empowerment.:j

olly300

Meatballs wrote: »

Would a landlord be negligent letting without due warning a cold , unheated cottage, to a frail/unfirm elderly person?

Quick answer to that is yes.

The Housing Act 2004 makes it clear that a property has to be fit for human habitation. If there were no heating in a furnished property or no sources of heating in a unfurnished property i.e. no mains electricity, open fires in the main living areas (not in bedrooms) than an environmental health office could argue that the property is not fit for human habitation. (They use the Housing Health and Safety System http://www.northampton.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=519&pageNumber=1)

There is no mention of air conditioning or temperature on any of government/charity rented housing advice sites. This may be for historical reasons as the UK is not know for being a hot country.

However if the OP did complain about no air conditioning
1. The landlord would tell them to buy a fan
2. If they then complained to environmental health they would do nothing and at the end of the OP fixed tenancy period they would be asked to leave by the landlord.

Generali

Is it just me or has this thread got a wee bit out of control?

misscutiepie1984

I have the same problem as the OP and we were told it was hot in the winter cos you get all the heat from below rise up and the 2 houses heat from either side. They said is was cool in the summer which we thought sounded strange but assumed as they had lived here for 5 years they would know.

Its boiling hot, we struggle to sleep and there is only one double plug socket in the bedroom and as it is located in between the door and the wardrobe its not in a convenient place to put a fan either

Garry2

I live in a 9th floor flat half of the year, and we have the same problem.

We bought some heat reflecting window film, stuck it on and it works a treat.

CB1979_2

wecanhelpu wrote: »

What the hell has this got to do with house buying/selling/renting?

think the fact the OP is renting kinda gives it away!

personally there's no harm in asking, the answer will more than likely be, "no chance" but you could offer to pay half price or end of the day you buy it and then sell it on.

if it's managed through a letting agent, first point of call with them and say how unhappy you are about it.

i know when my boiler broke down, my tenants were fine with me, but i said to them that I could go get them some heaters or they could, and I'd refund them no questions asked. kinda same situation as mentioned with regards to heating IMO.

obviously you need to take a bit of responsibility though, open the windows & room doors to try and get some ventilation flowing through.

olly300

misscutiepie1984 wrote: »

Its boiling hot, we struggle to sleep and there is only one double plug socket in the bedroom and as it is located in between the door and the wardrobe its not in a convenient place to put a fan either

Extension cable.

Just pop down to your local DIY store and you will find many different types. Some supermarkets sell them as well.

olly300

Generali wrote: »

Is it just me or has this thread got a wee bit out of control?

Nope. :rotfl: :rotfl: