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?

+1

Op, do you keep your house at those temperatures to save money or are you comfortable at those temperatures? Is it because you find 63 comfortable? If so then consider putting a space heater in the basement so their space is warm and so you’re still comfortable upstairs.

If it’s to save money then I think you’ll have to be a hospitable host and raise the temps.

You’re a horrible person op.

I would raise the house temp IF MY HOUSE WAS 63 DEGREES.

That is far too cold for me. I grew up in a cold house because my dad liked it that way. The heat was turned down to 62 every night at 9:00 pm, and also at random times during the day on weekend afternoons or whatever just because my dad felt like it. My mom bundled up and didn't mind.

But I was always cold in winter. Really, really cold. I remember getting multiple hot baths a day or evening just to warm up, and being reprimanded for this. My dad would say I was wasting water and that he "knows you are taking a bath just to warm up", but he STILL wouldn't turn up the heat.

I would never, ever stay at your house overnight OP, and would probably not stay long in the day because 63 is COLD.

53 degrees is crazy. Your basement bedroom is probably moldy from the humidity as well.

Anonymous wrote:So let’s be clear. The house is set at 63. Basement is 10 degrees lower, so 53.

You are placing the guest in the basement and don’t want to raise your overall house temperature so that they’re more comfortable in the basement. You’re also not offering a space heater for them to raise the basement temperature to 63 like the rest of the house.

Your offer is a non-offer. You could have just stayed silent instead of “offering” your friend a place to stay.

+1. Bizarre

Anonymous wrote:Let them sleep upstairs. You stay in the basement.

Hah, this.

Anonymous wrote:Let them sleep upstairs. You stay in the basement.

Yeah really.
Either your HVAC is for shit, your house has poor insulation, you can't afford your lifestyles or you sre a nut. We have lost power in winter and the basement was above 53 for over a day until it came back on. Your basement is on the margin for freezing pipes so you probably waste water dripping faucets.

The fact that you made a point to tell them the temps you keep your house confirm that you know that it’s too cold for normal comfort and that your offer wasn’t a sincere one.

Let them sleep upstairs. You stay in the basement.

Anonymous wrote: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.

I actually take this back . . . if the basement temp is in the 50s and that's where the guest room is, I don't trust that a space heater would help enough to make showering and changing clothes remotely bearable.

You could run a space heater in the guest room.

Anonymous wrote:63 is insanely low

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

Agree. We keep it at 72

So let’s be clear. The house is set at 63. Basement is 10 degrees lower, so 53.

You are placing the guest in the basement and don’t want to raise your overall house temperature so that they’re more comfortable in the basement. You’re also not offering a space heater for them to raise the basement temperature to 63 like the rest of the house.

Your offer is a non-offer. You could have just stayed silent instead of “offering” your friend a place to stay.

Is this some weird flex in your head? Oh I’m a nice person you can stay here but see how tight we are with money? Look how we’re living an energy efficient lifestyle? What is going through your head. Baffling.

Yes, it is crappy of you to not turn the heat up to a reasonable temperature to help a friend.

Why would you offer in this situation? That’s what is crappy.

53 degrees is not reasonable for a guest bedroom. Do not offer it to guests.