Hi mn's, so I moved in to a flat last year winter time, so was yet to see what it would be like in better weather.
Now, before anyone says why did you take it, it was a final offer, via local authority, so unless you have a very very good reason, if you turn it down they will usually dump you and you would be left with nothing.
So my bedroom is at the back of the house, big bay window area, old sash windows, not good at all in winter, I spent a few months not sleeping properly because of the cold on my head 🥲 windows are rotten and landlord is aware, plus very gappy and although this is the downside of old sash, it can be made better. Two side windows can not be opened as they have screwed them shut, but yes I do have the middle window, which if any of you who no longer have sash remember, you can pull down the top window as opposed to the bottom, which I would have to do anyway, as I have a young DC, and because of course unlike double glazing, where most of the new ones have a safety lock, if I opened my bottom window this could be a massive safety risk.
There are blinds up by the way(were already there) and I got a rail and curtains put up in winter.
To add insult to injury the boiler is in my bedroom 🥵 there was no carbon monoxide monitor when I moved in, I asked for one and it was disputed, but they did put one in, which I am very aware you must have! Especially as the boiler is in a bedroom.
So fast forward to now, and things have heated up, when I walk in to my room it screams HOT at me. The heat from the boiler(no not using heating at the moment, but still heats up for water of course) my furnishings of course can be stored away and more summer appropriate things brought in.
But the sun hits the back in the mornings, and omg with that and boiler, it is red hot in there. Thinking of all the early mornings getting ready for school and work etc and dripping trying to get ready etc in near future.
I do close the blinds, they are from what I can see faux wood slat type, curtains are pulled right back so as to avoid sun making fabric so hot which adds more heat. I got lined crushed velvet, lovely at the time in winter, not so much now, and I went and had a normal rail not eyelet put up to save on cost, as some eyelet rails for a bay were pricey. And had it been glazed I wouldn't of probably bothered with curtains, so I thought why should I pay out so much, when there were other things to pay out for too.
I should have got thermal/blockout curtains really, as I don't think it could be any worse than what I have, in that because of how bad the cold is through those windows, what I have doesn't help very much.
Plus I see from my DC's room, who has got thermal/blackout curtains, how much they keep the sun out.
DC's window was changed as only single window so cheaper for landlord!
So I am looking for advice as to how I can deal with and improve the situation for both seasons, but especially now with the heat we have been having.
I have only looked at fans so far, usual table top not space for and I don't feel they do very much.
Someone did mention a tower fan, I had a look on Argos online, they have a few but some are pricey and I am in between whether to get one or not. Some say they are noisy at night and not doing much.
Thankyou if you read this far!