Newly built properties too warm? Help with finding an alternative

newbuildbudget

I’m currently renting a 1995 terrace house and I find that worse than my parents detached 2000 house in the summer. Our spare room which gets zero sun at all is a sweat box! 

We’re due to complete on a new build detached next week and it can’t be any worse than where we are now for heat trapping. 

[Deleted User]

Terrace houses were a huge mistake.

csgohan4

[Deleted User] said:

Terrace houses were a huge mistake.

I have a mid terrace house, neighbours either side heat my house and it isn't too hot during the summer

sheramber

Growing up we lived in an old stone built detached house with very thick walls, a huge hall and staircase and  high ceilings. It was an old manse.

The temperature inside was three days behind the outside temperature. 

When it was hot outside we kept the doors and windows open to let the warm air in.

When it got colder  it took three days for the house to get cold. Then it was freezing. My mother wore a coat to go i to the kitchen and make a meal.

Lunchbox

Our new build flat has three major issues that contribute to it being unbearable for most of the summer. It’s south facing with floor to ceiling windows, it’s incredibly well insulated, and we have ‘district heating’. This pumps very hot water through the communal areas to heat interface units in all of the flats to provide us with heating and hot water (and runs constantly). The communal corridors are constantly above 30 degrees. I assume the pipes aren’t well insulated enough but we’ve raised it numerous times and been told it’s normal. It’s currently 20 degrees outside and 27 degrees inside the flat with the windows open and curtains closed.

[Deleted User]

Most houses in the UK are a disaster for temperature control. It's going to become a major problem as global warming hits.

People who can afford it will get air conditioning, and run it for more than half the year, contributing to the problem. The government will do nothing.