We NEED air-conditioning

Take a freezer block (the flat blue things) and put under your pillow. Then you can turn the pillow over to get a cool side. Take another freezer block, wrap in a pillow case and put down by your feet - it's the reverse of a hot water bottle. Keep a small spray bottle of water on the bedside table, lie down without covers, and spray arms, legs, face. Lie still while it evaporates and cools you. Repeat as needed if you wake up.

This. So many countries much much warmer than the UK are trying to reduce their AC usage as it's just making the problem worse, we don't need to be adding the infrastructure here.

The right fans are hugely effective.

We have a new build which really retains the heat and the bedrooms are at about 26 degrees for most of the summer! It's not just one or 2 nights a year!! I have tried everything and I just can't get the heat out. It's radiant heat from the insulation in the walls. (Great in winter though) I'm saving up for an awning over the patio doors which I think will help. I have nearly broken several times with the air con as the upstairs is unbearable and there is nowhere to sleep downstairs. But so far I'm holding out! I'm releaved this summer has been a bit cooler although not impressed with the rain

I have bought meaco oscillating fans for each bedroom which has helped massively!!! Upstairs was 28 degrees last night but it didn't actually feel that bad with the fans on. They are very quiet and are low energy to run (energy is hopefully offset by the fact that our house is very efficient in winter) and they are easier to store in the winter than an air con. They just waft past you gently rather than blowing air in your face.. definately worth a try first...

It's a heat pump... which they are claiming save the environment!
We have 2 split units, one in the kitchen/sitting area and one in the bedroom and I wouldn't be without them. 30 degrees here yesterday and the house was 21.

Could I just ask how the mobile unit works? If you have the tube out the window, surely the window needs to be open and the hot air tushes in from outside.. I ordered one and sent it back as I didn’t think this could possibly work ( for an attic room which becomes inhabitable in summer).

I live somewhere where we regularly have +35 degrees from June to the end of September and it is hellish at times. But our house is set up for it with big old thick walls, small windows and crucially shutters. I never suffered so much from heat than a few years ago in the Uk - in a house meant to keep out the cold. Big windows, carpets, thick curtains. The house was like a furnace. And once the house had heated up, there was no way of evacuating the heat.

We have A/C. Three units installed in various rooms cost £3,500. Game changer!

Buy a little desk fan

We have a ceiling fan and it's made a huge difference. It has 8 settings and like a PP's you can reverse it in the winter to help warm the room up if needed.

It's not very loud at all.

I have a free standing air con unit in the bedroom, with tube out of the window, works brilliantly, few hours on before bed.

I am looking in to built in air con units for downstairs, even if it’s only for a handful of days each year.

Fantasia ceiling fan over the bed. Absolutely fantastic.

Close all windows, curtains and blinds in the morning when the house is at its coolest, in order to prevent as much heat as possible entering the house during the day.

I also have a curtain over the front door. Originally it was to keep cold draughts out in winter but it's actually very effective keeping heat out of the house in summer.

Only up open when outside is cooler than inside.

Open your loft hatch once the sun has gone down - so the heat in the upper floors can rise up and out through the roof.

Sleep downstairs where it's cooler.

I’ve got a tower fan in my room, wouldn’t be without it!

Ha, @JustBeenSleeping , I also finally caved and bought one when in my hot flush phase. That's a damn hard time. Luckily for me it was relatively short lived, but the air con still gets used. We just use it to cool the room down before bed. It also helps our elderly dog to settle down to sleep.

I have the cool bedding from amazon works really well although last night we did need a mini fan I should have switched it off way earlier than I did

I have a tower fan going in the bedroom. Bliss.

Properly fitted Air con is actually so cheap to run. Also you can use it all year round, as they heat too… and are much much cheaper than central heating. Great if you only need to heat one room.

We have air con and love it!! I can finally sleep.
We do have solar panels and an air source heat pump though, otherwise I would feel too guilty.

I do agree with that TBH. Summer is over in a flash.

Our friend has a ceiling fan, a stylish one! Am tempted to get one installed tbh, I kind of love it in a retro way. I think they just swish around the normal air rather than conditioning it. The AC is absolutely epic but absolutely not green at all! 🌍

We bought a mobile one, that is probably all you need as it is usually only a few days it is very hot.

Remortgage not necessary. AC Unit in hottest upstairs room which becomes fridge like, and all of upstairs nice and cool. Haven’t actually got it down from the loft yet this year as been so wet (I don’t recommend lofting them, they’re soooo heavy!)

Kids are sleeping on cooling dog mats 😄 (we don’t have a dog, bought them for the kids ha they work so well!)

We have a mobile one and it is brilliant!! Last night I was freezing

Thin wool duvet and mattress cover. Way less sweaty than regular bedding. Wear loose linen during the day.

Know I'm going to sound mean here but it's just a bit of discomfort a few nights a year. People in this country seem to want to live in 100% comfort all of the time. I'm not even an eco-warrior but it seems a bit spoiled to want to use even more resources just to avoid a bit of mild discomfort.

We had air con fitted in the bedroom a couple of years ago. Game changer. Also as a perimenopausal woman, it is on regularly. I use the fan setting all year round to cope with my tinnitus. Properly fitted ones are much better for the environment than the portable ones. There has been virtually no change to my electricity bill. I sleep much better, although I’ll always be a bit of an insomniac.

It has changed my life. I’d recommend to anyone who gets night sweats.

Ceiling fan. Not the greatest look but functional.

I have the bog standard ugly one but the dc have those that the blades retract in and it has a Bluetooth speaker built in to it.

They do make a big difference.

In a SH country so it's hot more than not.