Australian rental homes colder and more damp than WHO safety standards
www.theguardian.com
Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds
  • @FlexibleToastEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    Isn’t it winter in Australia right now? In the winter I do keep the thermostat at 65 and it drops to 55 at night…

    • Rusty Raven English
      2•1 year ago

      Then you would be warmer than most homes here. On average the homes they studied were over 18 degrees (64.4 F) for less than 5 hours a day (or closer to 2 hours in Tasmania) and dropped down to minimums of 7.4 (45 F).

      • @FlexibleToastEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        Internal at 45F? That’s too cold even for me to be comfortable inside… And I rarely ever utter the words, “it’s too cold”.

    • AnonymousLlama
      1•1 year ago

      Several places get pretty cold. I wouldn’t say it’s a European cold, but most people here assume it’ll be a decent temperature so when it drops you really notice it