To be the only ones with open windows

I am in London and open my windows during the day but close them at night as there is always some noise late at night or in the morning. Would love to live somewhere where I could keep them open.

Windows open all year round. Couldn’t imagine not. As a pp said to feel the breeze on you during the night is lovely. Neighbours over the back from us windows never open nor the curtains. I don’t get it. Must stink in there.

During Covid we were encouraged to open the windows, and because of damp etc. my nextdoor neighbours, don't open windows or blinds or curtains, both of them. They don't have air conditioning or even a fan. I find it very bizarre.This time of year, open all the time we're in, definitely at night.

Mine are open all day every day but closed at night. I live by a wood and would get all sorts of beasties and bats in otherwise. The house is well aired as windows are open all day.

Can’t imagine the smell from not having a window open! I love the fresh air coming in. Not exactly scorching here in Scotland today and all my windows are wide open!

I keep my windows closed and blinds because it keeps the heat out !
And as a hayfever sufferer it reduces the pollen inside the house !
I will open when it’s cold and I can get a wind tunnel of air blowing thou .
i do have a positive air unit so I always have fresh air despite no open windows though 😊

I’ve noticed this too! When it’s a scorching hot day I keep the windows and blinds down that are directly in sunlight but everything else is wide open. At night when it finally cools down all my windows and doors get flung open yet the other houses are either closed or only open a crack?! Maybe they all have air con.

My windows are open all day every day but closed at night. I am a light sleeper and between cars going by and seagulls squawking I wouldn't get a wink of sleep with the window open.

I do if it's really hot but when the window is open the dog will bark at a fox fart a mile away so it's easier to keep them closed. I'll have them open all evening though to cool the room down then open them in the morning for a bit

Bedroom window closed at night when it's hot - aircon on. One side of the house gets the sun in the morning so windows and curtains closed and then swapped in the afternoon so the house remains at a bearable temperature (it's very well insulated!)

We are in a bungalow but I still have the windows open at night,

I'm Scottish living in Northern England. All the windows are open at night, then closed if on the sunny side and the velux windows are open all day because heat rises and cold falls. Curtains shut if sun shining on that side.

I'm another that likes the bedroom window open all night even in the winter. DH grew up in a windows shut house, MIL grew tomatoes in her kitchen window once and was confused why she got no fruit, it was because no insect was allowed in the house.

I always have as many windows as possible open during the day.

Night time, I hate the thought of insects and frequently get bitten.

I can't have the windows open because me and my younger children have very bad hayfever and it's absolutely miserable when none of us can breathe because of the pollen so we keep them closed and have a fan on instead

I’d love to sleep with all the windows open but my husband and daughter really struggle with hayfever if we do. We have a fan instead.

I've tried to have my windows open but either the birds (who I love) or an alarm wakes me up. So I sleep in a hot room.

I have my bedroom windows open pretty much from February until oct/Nov. I only shut them on very high pollen days as I have horrific hayfever or during a heatwave when I close windows and blinds to keep the warm air out.

I'm a southerner (well, south east, about 50 miles outside london) and everyone here also opens windows.

Bedroom open all year. Our neighbour has suddenly closed theirs though as they are a light sleeper and I swear about 10 cockerels have moved in across the green.

We can't open ours at the moment due to dh and dd 's hayfever. It's stuffy but not worth opening them due to their symptoms.

Funny you should say that, I'm a northerner living down south and I'm the only person who ever opens windows in my house!
i can't have bedroom windows open at night though otherwise I wake up with horrendous hay fever so I have them wide open all evening to cool the room. If I ask DH to open the windows he'll open one a crack and then close the curtains over it.

Bedroom windows open all year round here, too. But I wonder if noise affects some more than others, or they have air conditioning?

I open all my windows every morning, unless it's windy or very wet they stay open until late in day . My bedroom window is never closed
I've noticed neighbours rarely or never open windows

Oh I was wondering the same too! I assumed they were away as all windows have been closed in the glorious weather but he was outside washing the car yesterday so clearly not! I hate stuffy rooms that haven’t been aired and it’s forecast to be 27 degrees here today so I’m getting the house as cool as possible early.

My bedroom window is open all year round. Every window open all day at the moment- I live in a second floor flat so perfectly safe. It's lovely.