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Originally posted by Learning View PostYou'll be one of those tenants who only use the heatpump for cooling in summer not to heat in winter.
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Originally posted by Perry View PostThe connected logic of the points I made only guarantee one thing: increased rents. I also suspect that increased rents will not be the only unintended and undesirable outcome.
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Not An Excuse
No. That's sort-of normal.
It's just one of the unintended and undesirable outcomes of socialist gummint meddling in private enterprises.
The price of second cars is 'paced' by the price of new ones. I suspect the same occurs for houses.
If so, why not for rents?
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"increased rents will not be the only unintended and undesirable outcome"
If you upgraded your rental with a couple of $$K - the rent for renters, who just lost their home, is unaffordable, and emergency housing provided by the government becomes unaffordable for taxpayers, too.
If everything is on the same standard - possibly everything has the same price.
Amazing - they didn't figure it out!
Politics to get voters - not solutions.Last edited by Perry; 02-08-2019, 07:26 PM.
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Story in Stuff today about tenants with a cold home and a sick baby.
"We weren’t supplied with proper heating, there was only a heater plugged into the wall. It did nothing except make the carpet hot so we didn't use it as we didn't want to be blamed for causing a fire."
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We weren’t supplied with proper heating, there was only a heater plugged into the wall. It did nothing except make the carpet hot so we didn't use it as we didn't want to be blamed for causing a fire.
When did this occur?
What is / was 'proper' heating, at the time? (as defined in then-current legislation)
If it had been a wall-mounted heater, would you have stopped using it on the basis that only made the wall hot?
and we could no longer open the windows.
Arm paralysis?
Could not be bothered?
and mould was growing rapidly on the walls,
Dry laundry inside?
Did you ventilate the dwelling during warm days?
Did you consider a cheap-to-run de-humidifer?
Not only were we living in an unsafe house but they weren’t going to let us leave.
Did you contact Heath and Safety?
Etc.
This sort of crap reporting is enough to male any LL sick enough to spew.
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Originally posted by Wayne View PostWon't increase the rent I charge because all my houses already have heating - always have.
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Originally posted by Keys View PostMany of my clients are the same as you. However, the heat pumps which they installed are too small now, or in the wrong room, and need augmenting or replacing.
I wonder how accurate/ practical the heating calculator is? Though the calculator says they are too small, in practise, are they capable of doing the job?
I suspect some people install size wise based on price rather than what the professional says they should be.
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Originally posted by Wayne View PostMine are in the lounge/ living room (was always the logical place for them) and were sized professionally.
I wonder how accurate/ practical the heating calculator is? Though the calculator says they are too small, in practise, are they capable of doing the job?
I suspect some people install size wise based on price rather than what the professional says they should be.
Luckily I only need to install an internal door to separate the areas. I feel for those with open staircases in their livingrooms.
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Originally posted by Learning View PostThe heatpump I put in the small 2bed flat livingroom was more than enough to keep the livingroom nice and toasty on the coldest nights. But there's an open hallway that leads past the bathroom, laundry and into the kitchen. So the new standard requires me to upgrade my heatpump to heat the livingroom, hallway and kitchen. In my approximation to get the kitchen upto 18c the livingroom needs to be about 48c.
Luckily I only need to install an internal door to separate the areas. I feel for those with open staircases in their livingrooms.
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Originally posted by Wayne View PostQuite right - the heat won't travel down the hall to make the kitchen 18deg.
If, like me, your livingroom opens up in to other spaces then it needs to be big enough to heat all of those spaces, or you'll need to be able to close off those spaces.
If you've installed a large heatpump in the diningroom to blow warmth through the open French doors in to the livingroom, then you'll need to either remove the French doors or install a second heatpump in the livingroom.
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Originally posted by Learning View PostLuckily I only need to install an internal door to separate the areas. I feel for those with open staircases in their livingrooms.
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