Op, I love my electric blanket! Might be a nice supplement to 68 degrees, brrrr.

Op here: I actually pulled out my lease agreement and it says we aren't allowed to have space heaters so that's a no go. However I'm going to tell her tonight that the heat does not go below 66 degrees and if she has a problem with that, she can feel free to move on out.

Anonymous wrote:A few things....
First, OP, you work from home every single day? What the hell kind of work do you do? You may need to job search if your income dropped that much.

Second, whomever said $250 for heat, you must be in a house. I am in a 900 sq ft apartment and never got anywhere near that. In addition, I don't run it much, and use blankets.

Third, a space heater could be against the lease? I seriously doubt it. Again, I am in an apartment and that is not against the lease at all. The drawback is your electric bill will go up using a space heater.

Op here- I'm not sure why my job matters but yes, I work from home every day. I was a nanny for 10 years and then started my own nanny agency. I was making $900/week (net) as a nanny 52 weeks a year and when I stopped doing that to start my own business, I took a pay cut at first as I got things started and wasn't netting $900 week with that. However now that I'm over a year into my business, I do make more. But again, not sure why it's so boggling to you that I work from home full time, a lot of people do that.

Anonymous wrote:You're effectively her landlord. If you haven't been firm from day 1 you say now "this is getting outmost hand, roommate. The heat will be at 66-70 and if that's not acceptable to you, you're free to find another apartment since you're not on a lease. There won't be any more discussions about this."

I agree with this. 63 degrees sounds insane. I like this very warm, so our heat is at 75. I lived with roommates for many years and we always agreed somewhere between 68-70 in the winter. Get an oil filled radiator to keep in your room/office, it doesn't make noise or heat the whole apartment so it won't bother her.

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Anonymous wrote:get a super nice space heater - trust me, it'll warm up your space really quick.

These are prohibited in rentals. Let the landlord know and he ups she will tell Blyth of you to keep the rental at 65 to 68 at all times or be evicted

I would look into if this was really true.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd tell her that it's got to be warmer in the house or your leaving. No way I'd be that uncomfortable, how was she in the summer with the AC?

Op here- I don't think we had any issues with the AC. I think we both agreed to have it on 70 during the day and 67 at night. It's just the heat that's causing issues.

Those are ridiculously cold temperatures for AC. I think 75-78 is a more common AC setting. Amazingly, you actually seem to have found a roommate who agrees to such cold settings year round.

In the end, you'll have to put your foot down and tell her the temp is going to come up a few degrees. The bigger problem is that she is changing roommates or moving somewhere else in June and she will never find another roommate to agree to those temperatures.

78 is a common AC setting?

I had a roommate like that once. I would turn the heat on, she would turn it down even more to offset me. It was awful and I was thrilled to get away from her.

I live in NYC and the legal minimum is 68 during the day. My company is awful and is not providing adequate heat so I bought a thermostat. 63 is freezing to me. That is not okay.

I wish I had advice for how to approach the situation. I think you should tell her you are painfully cold at that temperature and it needs to be warmer. Maybe you can pay SOME (but not all) of the difference. She's being unreasonable.

The idea that she thinks she can decide this unilaterally is not a good quality in a roommate. Do you guys get along otherwise? Are both on the lease? Sounds like a change may be in order for next year

Anonymous wrote:You're effectively her landlord. If you haven't been firm from day 1 you say now "this is getting outmost hand, roommate. The heat will be at 66-70 and if that's not acceptable to you, you're free to find another apartment since you're not on a lease. There won't be any more discussions about this."

Yup. I work at home and the heat is at 72. Cold house though. 68 should be fine in a condo. Get some balls OP!

A few things....
First, OP, you work from home every single day? What the hell kind of work do you do? You may need to job search if your income dropped that much.

Second, whomever said $250 for heat, you must be in a house. I am in a 900 sq ft apartment and never got anywhere near that. In addition, I don't run it much, and use blankets.

Third, a space heater could be against the lease? I seriously doubt it. Again, I am in an apartment and that is not against the lease at all. The drawback is your electric bill will go up using a space heater.

You're effectively her landlord. If you haven't been firm from day 1 you say now "this is getting outmost hand, roommate. The heat will be at 66-70 and if that's not acceptable to you, you're free to find another apartment since you're not on a lease. There won't be any more discussions about this."

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Anonymous wrote:I'd tell her that it's got to be warmer in the house or your leaving. No way I'd be that uncomfortable, how was she in the summer with the AC?

Op here- I don't think we had any issues with the AC. I think we both agreed to have it on 70 during the day and 67 at night. It's just the heat that's causing issues.

That is absurd and probably cost a whole lot more than just bumping the heat up to a reasonable 68.

The only plausible solution to this would be if you offered to pay up more on the bill when it arrives.

You both sound insane to me...Lol.

I am located in CA and I need to have my heat up to at the very least 75 degrees or I feel as if I am residing in an igloo.

Too bad the building does not offer solar heat. That would be awesome.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd tell her that it's got to be warmer in the house or your leaving. No way I'd be that uncomfortable, how was she in the summer with the AC?

Op here- I don't think we had any issues with the AC. I think we both agreed to have it on 70 during the day and 67 at night. It's just the heat that's causing issues.

Those are ridiculously cold temperatures for AC. I think 75-78 is a more common AC setting. Amazingly, you actually seem to have found a roommate who agrees to such cold settings year round.

In the end, you'll have to put your foot down and tell her the temp is going to come up a few degrees. The bigger problem is that she is changing roommates or moving somewhere else in June and she will never find another roommate to agree to those temperatures.

Guess she needs to find a new place to stay.