Avoiding cold housesits in winter

[Peonie19]

Autumn/winter temperature and Housesitting

Have any other sitters found that some homeowners have their heating systems turned down even when the weather is getting colder. We are surprised that some properties only have heating on a few hours a day, not enough to air the house or even dry towels in the bathroom. Edited title to include winter after merging new thread on the same topic by the OP.