Despite having lived in our house since 2012, when winter rolls around I am consistently shocked by how cold it is inside. To put that into perspective, often I go into the garden and realise that it is warmer out there, my mother refuses to take her coat off when she comes to visit and my daughter has been known to strap a hot water bottle to herself while she walks around the place.
Obviously the house has central heating now (when we moved in there was none), plus we have a log burning stove and an open fire. After some time of having this heating trinity running, the house does warm up to feel pretty toasty, but to have all three running all day long does result in some eye-watering heating bills.
