How are you doing with the cold weather in UK?

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How are you doing @Twogreys
Did you contact the hosts and have things improved for you at all?

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Hi, we have hunckered down and used our jackets during the day, hot water bottles and blankets in the bedroom. Suddenly the bedroom radiator came on at 3am for an hour then nothing since. Decided to just put down to an experience (Will be in our review though) as we are finishing soon. Thanks for asking

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Thanks for the update but that sounds like a pretty miserable experience :cold_face:

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Iā€™m sorry to hear your experience has been like this.

Unfortunately, itā€™s something Iā€™ve learned the hard way but I think I will now be asking about heating during video calls going forward whenever doing sits in the UK during the colder months. As someone who has lived in England in various places and also done sits, this is one of the most difficult things to deal with, the discomfort of cold. And I understand the complexity of reasons behind it so I wouldnā€™t ever point fingers and blame people, but I think itā€™s something worth asking, what the heating is like in the house, what are the average temperatures, is it possible to adjust to higher, etc. And then you have the option to choose whether thatā€™s something you can live with. Because I realised that some people truly are fine 17-18 degrees celsius inside the home but for me, personally, thatā€™s not something I am too comfortable with. So itā€™s always best to ask, which I never used to do before.

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This is a very interesting conversation to me. We sat in the UK in February and the HOā€™s were quite concerned we not be cold. Went to lengths to explain how to boost the heating, hot water bottles available etc. Note we come from a hot climate where heating is rarely required. We were comfortably warm the entire time, often kicking the duvet off at night. In our travels we frequently found the level of bedding exceeded our needs and just slept under sheets. We were more often too hot due to Europe not yet coming to terms with their warming climate. Do you have a fan was our main question :rofl:

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