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Grasswire2

(13,743 posts) Mon Dec 23, 2024, 12:41 AM Dec 23

Does this sound like adequate heat for 750 sq ft bottom level apartment in a home? [View all]

Apt Consists of LR K, BR, bath.

A baseboard heater in LR.
A bathroom wall heater that is rarely used as there's a problem with it not turning off.
A bedroom baseboard heater unused because it's basically a storage room too and not much space.

The weather has been about 45 degrees for several weeks and I'm feeling the chill.
I have a small electric foot heater that helps. And I sometimes just turn on the oven for a little while.
But I'm wondering, from the POV of HUD, if the apartment provides heat that is up to code. My plug-in foot heater shouldn't count.

Whaddya think?

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Does this sound like adequate heat for 750 sq ft bottom level apartment in a home? [View all] Grasswire2 Dec 23 OP

Electric baseboard heat is really expensive jmbar2 Dec 23 #1

Contact landlord. Deosn't sound up to snuff IMO. Bath heater won't turn of...that's a problem. brush Dec 23 #2

yeah, landlord is very cheap.... Grasswire2 Dec 23 #4

you should not be that cold inside. Rather than a foot heater, get a twin size electric blanket yellowdogintexas Dec 23 #3

67 degrees F is a reasonable level for older folks. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 23 #5

We Once Rented An Older Home ProfessorGAC Dec 23 #6