To think the council should fix this?

[beetty]

My front door and the frame don't join together properly so it's absolutely freezing in my house.
The drafts are so bad.
They have been out today and say nothing they can do.
Can I have your opinion?
Or advice what I can do please?
It's so cold

Honestly this is normal for wooden doors. The wood contracts in cooler weather and expands it hotter weather so there needs to be the gap to allow for this.

people have already made suggestions about draught tape or a door curtain. However the main reason your house feels cold is because of the single glazing.

It’s normal. You can buy rolls of drought excluding tape for a couple of quid.

Here’s mine.

I can't work out how you have no door at the top of the stairs, does it just go up and open into your lounge? Could you hang a heavy curtain over that entrance?

@beetty
I live in an almost identical property to what you describe. Had problems with wooden doors too.

I got a door curtain and put it across the bottom of the stairs - and one across the inside of the door. Also put brush fraught excluders all around the wooden door. It helped a bit - but you could feel the temperature drop as you walked down the stairs towards the door in my property.
I had this for 6 years until my landlord changed the doors for me - all I can suggest is the above door curtains and fraught excluders. Also a letterbox fraught excluder if you can get one x

The previous tenant refused them in to put in new boiler /kitchen so now I've been told they only do replacements in batches

How odd that the outstanding maintenance wasn't done before they relet the property. Why did you accept it in that's state?

Another person saying it's a completely normal looking door and it's entirely in your power to make the place warmer (cheaply too), if you want to.

I'd be more interested in getting the glazing updated than the door if it were me, tbqh.

Actually, thinking about it, mine is probably a fire door, and that furry surround is possibly the fire sealant rather than a draught excluder.

I can't work out how you have no door at the top of the stairs,

My sister lives in a flat with internal stairs. At the top of the stairs is the hallway. Bedrooms to the right, living room to the left (both have doors) and a door to the kitchen is in the living room.

I accepted it as I was desperate.
The place was in very poor condition but beggars can't be chooses.

@italian. Why did she accept it in that state?
You do know how councils operate?
You don't get the choice to refuse.

Once you at top of stairs it leads to the hallway.

Door looks normal to me

Ye Op. I'd be harping on at them about getting double glazing in. I didn't know single glazing still existed these days.

My sister lived in a flat like this or a maisonette is what we referred to it as. You opened the door there was about a square metre of floor space and stairs up to the hallway of the flat with rooms off the hallway.

OP the door looks normal but you have had some good suggestions, I would say the single glazing is the problem. And I agree that it is unhelpful of someone telling you to buy, many people are not in that position or never will be.

I think the single glazing and old boiler are much more likely to be the issue here

Also have you bled your radiators?

As your home is owned by a council it should have an epc. You can search for it here your ec rating must be shocking if you’ve still got single glazing and an ancient boiler. Do you know how much insulation you have? Have got a loft hatch?

You do know how councils operate?
You don't get the choice to refuse.

Not refuse, negotiate. And yes, I do know how it works, hence the question. I find the idea that any council has relet a property with substandard kitchen, heating and windows quite bizarre tbh.

You don't need sealant stuff, just draught excluder that you stick on, and then a curtain. There has to be a small gap,as otherwise the door would not open.

Sadly door is normal, OP.

As PP have said, you can improve things drastically with a few tricks.

Insulating foam strip. Get the P-profile or V-shape for a gap that large (eg www.stormguard.co.uk/stormguard-products/epdm-p-profile/ or www.stormguard.co.uk/stormguard-products/v-seal/ ).

Would recommend also doing the window trick with bubble wrap or with double-glazing film. (eg www.stormguard.co.uk/stormguard-products/seasonal-double-glazing-film/ )

I've recently found some cheapish door curtains, although I don't know how good they are. Eg www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Ontraio-Thermal-Door-Curtain-Curtains-Energy-Saving-Reduce-Heat-Loss/152719380232?

I shouldn't have to use a excluder tho ...I'm annoyed because it's clearly in need of a repair

As many people have said, it's not "clearly in need of repair". It has gaps the effects of which could very easily be dealt with by spending a couple of quid on draft excluder. Think about it: if it were your house, would you spend several hundred pounds on putting in a new frame and door, or would you go for the draft excluder/curtain option?

Also, as people have suggested, you need to look at what you can do to prevent cold air coming in from the single glazed window area. You might like to try somethink like this as well as thicker curtains.

Agh, something, not somethink.

We have an old house with wonky doors. It’s cold but we use heavy velvet curtains over the doors and wear layers.

@italiancortado when I took the keys there was human waste on the walls
They will let anything

Look for door draught excluder. You can get strips or plastic or aluminium which attach to the edge of doors, also for the bottom, plastic can be cut to fit much easier if you need to go round hinges or locks.