Would you raise your house temps for a houseguest (that lost heat)?

[Anonymous]

We keep our home at 63. When it warms up, we may bump it to 65, but it's 63 day/night for now. It keeps our bills down, pipes safe, and HVAC running well. Basement is 10 degrees colder. Sunny days will warm things up a few degrees in the daytime.

Friend lost heat and is awaiting a total system replacement early next week. I offered to let them stay with us (guest bedroom is in the basement), but disclosed our house temps, which are too cold for them. Is it crappy of me to not offer to raise our house temps? They're welcome to stay, but 63 is what we're sticking with, Mayyyybe 64.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you already answered your own dumb question.

[Anonymous]

63 is insanely low

I do raise our temp when a baby is staying over or if someone is staying in the basement.

[Anonymous]

But if the basement is 10 degrees colder, that's 53. My jurisdiction legally requires at least 55, so you're offering an uninhabitable living space.

[Anonymous]

That would be too cold for me, too. Can you at least get them a space heater for the bedroom/bathroom they'd be using? That arrangement would be fine for me, and I'd be fine with extra layers, etc. in the rest of the house.

[Anonymous]

I think making a guest feel comfortable is important. Do you have a heated blanket you can offer? I mean obviously you're already doing them a huge favor and I get that but 62 is cold.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. I would be wearing a coat at dinner with you. Sorry your house jas such bad insulation.

[Anonymous]

I don't keep my house all that warm, but 63 is insane. I'd be miserable at your house.

And just to be clear, you are seriously, without jest, asking if 53 (you said the basement was 10 degrees colder) is an acceptable temperature to house a person? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

53 is way too cold in the basement. We keep our summer house at that temp in the off season to stop pipes from freezing but it’s cold. You don’t have to raise the heat for a guest but it’s not really a usable guest room if it’s 53.

[Anonymous]

This is hilariously obnoxious. You don’t have any place for people to stay. Don’t offer your 53 degree basement. It’s not an option.

[Anonymous]

Of course you need to turn it up for them. Why are you such a miser?

[Anonymous]

Better you didn't offered TBH! Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Obviously you don't have to raise your temperatures to accommodate someone else, but 63 is cold and 53 is WAY too cold. I would also turn you down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't keep my house all that warm, but 63 is insane. I'd be miserable at your house.

And just to be clear, you are seriously, without jest, asking if 53 (you said the basement was 10 degrees colder) is an acceptable temperature to house a person? Seriously?

I know, right? Sounds like the guest would be about the same staying at their own freezing house.

[Anonymous]

You want your friend to be sleeping in a room that is 53 degrees? Don't bother offering, please. That is just mean.