Ste CookThinking back to the summer heatwave in the UK when everyone was “Our houses aren’t built for the heat, they’re designed to keep warm in winter”, and now everyone is “Our houses aren’t built for this cold”. Maybe time to admit that the UK has just been building homes for 100 years that are shit at *everything* aside from extracting rent from the poor.
tautology@Polypompholyx living in a mid-Victorian house; it's been a lot longer than 100 years. We've spent a lot of money on modernisation and even in my well-insulated office room, I'm still having to use the "old man blanket" in those cold hours before the heating comes on.
Jo Lambert@tautology @Polypompholyx our house is at least 250 years old. It's bloody freezing. Was designed to be heated by fires in every room, which we can't afford the fuel for. Totally agree modern houses could and should be better but let's be accurate about older houses.
@tautology @JoDavies I do the blanket thing too 👍