The coolest room in the house

Why are there so many cold living rooms? Do builders not factor in that we might want to be warm in winter when we probably spend longer nights in there?!!

North facing kitchen and south facing sitting room, ideal in hot summer and cold winter. The kitchen has a stone floor so cool to cook in. When the weather is hot we mostly sit outside, but in the winter the sun shines into the sitting room, making it cosy.
Fortunately the garden is not overlooked so sun gets in all day.

My living room is coolest, as is bedroom in bungalow. Conservatory far too hot.

It's the kitchen normally. In hot weather, which is rare here anyway, the house is cooler than outside.

Living room downstairs, my study/sewing room upstairs - now re-named The North Wing by friend! 😂

We live in a bungalow. The front room is North facing and so are two of the bedrooms. They are the coolest in this weather and definitely the coldest in winter 😨

I am not a bit concerned about which room in the house is coolest, as I am enjoying a warm, dry summer as long as it lasts.

What does concern me is which room is coldest in the winter and what the heck we can do about it.

It takes all sorts to make a world, doesn't it?

Our bedroom is cool in summer if flipping cold in winter. Living room comfortable all year round. We don’t do badly.

The garage. Not a comfortable space to relax in. But in a dire heatwave we could park couple of directors chairs in it.

It's the lounge, the bedrooms are unbearable the house should have been built upside down.

The coolest room in the house in summer will always be the room(s) that do not face the afternoon sun. That would be my master bedroom. Even though it has morning sunshine it’s still the coolest - by about 5 degrees!

The pantry. It's the only room with a north facing window.

My sitting room …it faces north …. for 45 weeks a year I avoid it ( I have a smaller south facing one ) ….for the remaining 6-7 weeks it’s bliss!!

My east facing living room is the coolest room in the house once the sun has gone round to the back where the conservatory is around lunch time. It’s been stifling in there today even with the doors open so the living room was the place to be. Although my bedroom is directly above the living room, heat rises so by the time I go to bed it can be a tad too warm. This house is very well insulated so it’s never really cold in the winter.

My North facing lounge, a big bonus in the summer.

Our lounge is north facing and as the house is old it has thick walls. Stays nice and cool.

My bedroom. In fact all of the downstairs room in my ‘upside down’ house. My bedroom is particularly cool as it has a north facing wall and is shaded by trees.

There is no cool room !

In the Winter , this house is delightfully cosy , but in the Summer it is unbearable .