Battle with roommate over the heat.....

[Anonymous]

get on the budget plan where you pay the same rate for the entire years and tell roommate to suck it?

[Anonymous]

I think you should pay a big more too since you need the house heated during the day. Maybe do a 1/3 vs. 2/3 split and keep it at 66.

[Anonymous]

Your roommate is being completely unreasonable. I would tell her/ him that isf you cannot turn up the heat, you are using a personal heater and that will kill the electric bill.

I do think offering to pay a little more is reasonable since ypu work from home and otherwise would be able to lower the thermostat during the day.

[Anonymous]

Tell her she needs to move out and you will find a new roommate because she clearly can't afford to live where you are living if five or ten extra dollars a month for reasonable heat expenses is too much for her. You aren't talking about keeping temps at 75, 66-68 is very reasonable.

She's probably also a PITA on other expenses. Don't accommodate her ridiculousness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell her she needs to move out and you will find a new roommate because she clearly can't afford to live where you are living if five or ten extra dollars a month for reasonable heat expenses is too much for her. You aren't talking about keeping temps at 75, 66-68 is very reasonable.

She's probably also a PITA on other expenses. Don't accommodate her ridiculousness.

+1. I had a roommate like this in college who would try to put duct tape over the thermostat in the winter. She complained about being soooo broke, habing student loans, etc. Then why was she living in a nice luxury student apartment with pool, etc.

If she can't pay basic utilities, she needs to move elsewhere. It's not like you're asking her to chip in on HBO or something optional. And I disagree you should pay more because you're hearing the house while working from home. It's so much more energy efficient to maintain a reasonable temp like 66-68 degrees than to have the temp drop every morning and then work over time to heat back up in the evenings.

[Anonymous]

I like it cold. 63 is unreasonable. 65 is the lowest I think is reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: However, if you work at home and she does not, it isn't really fair to expect her to pay to heat the house all day to a comfortable temperature for you while she's gone. I think you should offer to pay more of the heating bill. If money is tight for you, and you can see your gas meter, you can probably even figure out what it costs to heat the house to a higher temp over x hours (the per btu cost should be on your bill).

+1

[Anonymous]

1. She is crazy, and you should try to move her out because this will not be last problem you have with her.

2. You should offer to pay a bit more for January and February, since you work there during the day and need the heat turned to a more reasonable temp.

3. But for the long-term, see 1.!

[Anonymous]

Call your landlord with concerns that the low temperature may damage pipes and other things in the property. He will order the home bee kept at 68 degrees

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd ask her what she's comfortable paying and offer to pay a bit extra. She may be worried unnecessarily and be expecting a $300 bill when it's more like $120 (as opposed to $95).

In Boston, the heat has to be at least 68* between "awake" hours (7am-11pm) and 64* between "asleep" hours (11pm-7am). I would consider those levels to be an acceptable minimum (maybe there something similar where OP is located). OP should not have to shoulder more of the bill if the heat is at the bare minimum of acceptable, that's crazy... It's not like OP is asking to jack the heat to 75* 24/7.

[Anonymous]

Get a space heater to use in the area you work from home in. I despise being hot.. For some reason the heat running vs natural heat from the weather is awful. Its as if I can't breath.

[Anonymous]

I hate having it too hate. I like it around 64 at night and maybe 66 during the day.

If it is a cost issue, just agree to pay a little more. Especially since you work from home.

[Anonymous]

Heating an apartment should not be crazy expensive. What is your heating bill?

[Anonymous]

OP here: the thing is, I don't like to be hot either and like it cooler at night but when it's set to 63, it's just TOO cold and I hear the heat constantly running because 63 just isn't warm enough for the current outside temperatures. Yes, I do work from home in an office attached to my room and pretty much have myself wrapped in a blanket all day because it's SO cold. I've tried turning it to 65 during the day and the second she gets home at 5pm, she immediately turns it down. On Monday, I put it up to 66 just to warm it up and literally the second it kicked on, she came downstairs asking if I turned the heat on and told me she was hot. It's just insane at this point. I'm fine keeping it on 62-63 at night and prefer it cooler while I'm sleeping but not during the day. Our heating bill isn't even expensive which is what baffles me the most. We live in a 1,350 sq ft condo and our heating bill for last month was $99.21. Obviously it's going to go up with it being colder out but omg come on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here: the thing is, I don't like to be hot either and like it cooler at night but when it's set to 63, it's just TOO cold and I hear the heat constantly running because 63 just isn't warm enough for the current outside temperatures. Yes, I do work from home in an office attached to my room and pretty much have myself wrapped in a blanket all day because it's SO cold. I've tried turning it to 65 during the day and the second she gets home at 5pm, she immediately turns it down. On Monday, I put it up to 66 just to warm it up and literally the second it kicked on, she came downstairs asking if I turned the heat on and told me she was hot. It's just insane at this point. I'm fine keeping it on 62-63 at night and prefer it cooler while I'm sleeping but not during the day. Our heating bill isn't even expensive which is what baffles me the most. We live in a 1,350 sq ft condo and our heating bill for last month was $99.21. Obviously it's going to go up with it being colder out but omg come on!

Why not set it to what you want and an hour to two, you set it back to what she wants?