Thinking of selling due to heat

Casdon

I think if you were to do a cost benefit analysis, it would be cheaper to have air conditioning in your present house than it would be to move? You don’t have to go for fitted aircon, you could get a couple of portable units for the rooms you use most, they are about £500 each.

Yes this is something we will do and may have to settle for but it doesn’t feel like the kind of solution that will improve our quality of life overall.
And I know winters in the North can be bad but we have a plan to rent a flat in the Canaries for the wirst winter months.
We could just rent up North now until the heatwave dissipates but it could last all summer and we have a DD who needs us here right now.
I suppose it is just making me fed up.

I am sitting in a room with lined curtains closed at both ends and a fan on and I am in the NW, you truly wouldn’t be better off in my opinion..
It isn’t often we get these extremes , if it does carry on then I think we shall all have to review our needs.

Thing is we only have a back yard, no garden with shade. And the nearest park is a walk away with my DH can’t manage in these temps, he is so slow due to physical disabilities that we remain in the heat for too long, but he needs to walk as part of his physio so we go out after 8pm but then he gets too tired because post stroke fatigue means he can’t stay up too late and getting up early isn’t easy either.
We might be moving away from family but is a circle we can’t easily square right now.

I think if you were to do a cost benefit analysis, it would be cheaper to have air conditioning in your present house than it would be to move? You don’t have to go for fitted aircon, you could get a couple of portable units for the rooms you use most, they are about £500 each.

Why don’t you compare prices with say, having air con in a couple of rooms with the costs involved in moving?
It won’t solve you having to stay in during the heat, but it could make indoors more bearable.
Plus the Winter temperatures are more comfortable in London than ‘up North’

I was just thinking this am as me & the dog came back from an early hot walk, I'm glad I don't live in london now.
We are still South, but on the edge of countryside, shady garden & not far from the sea & I can only imagine what central London is like today.

Hi Fallingstar, I understand totally where you are coming from but would it be a mistake to move away from your daughters?
We have recently had AC fitted in just one bedroom and honestly it’s been a game changer - I practically live in there now and with the door open it cools the bathroom and landing too.
Plus we shop early morning or later in the evening as most supermarkets are open late nowadays.
I know it’s not a perfect solution but I feel moving away with all the stress that involves might not be either.