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Hands up, who else is stuck in an uninsulated and poorly ventilated housing situation?
I barely survived when we had 40c, it reached 50c in my flat and the humidity was truly horrific, it was like living in soup.
I have a dehumidifier now and lots more fans, but I'm still struggling in this heat we're currently having as this building is entierly uninsulated and the bedsits it's divided up into are very poorly ventilated. The heat rising from the floors and radiating through the internal walls is like being in an oven.
You're welcome to crash in my 150 year old 2-foot thick stone wall house with fuck all insulation that's unbearably freezing year round.
It's one way or the other in this country. Sweaty new-builds with no air con, or ancient glorified caves that wouldn't heat up if they were on fire.
Eh this place I'm in is from the 30's and despite the 'renovations' to turn it into a disturbing number of bedsits for the size of the building, it still has it's original 'historically significant' wood framed, single pane sash windows, so along with the complete lack of insulation and piss poor ventilation, it ends up damp and freezing cold in winter too.
There are so many older buildings that have been done up 'slum lord' style like this in the uk, it's actually kinda scary how common they are. A lot of temporary/emergency housing is in buildings like this and the landlords make a huge amount of money by shoddily subdividing and renting to the council, and save an equally huge amount by avoiding doing vital repair and maintenance work till court ordered.
Your ancient glorified cave sounds wonderful, ngl.
It does have those exact single paned sash windows mind you, which rattle with every passing car.
When the kids complained years ago about how cold it was in this house, I put blankets in the living room for us all to wrap up in. We've since upgraded to duvets. I'm currently on the sofa under a double duvet. It's 9pm and 22 degrees outdoors.