If you live in a bungalow….

Or any ground floor property for that matter?

Not really but only because we have noisy dogs closeby, however we do have a ceiling fan which we leave on if it’s warm

I have and I did in a previous house. My bedroom in this house is upstairs but I had a bad phase wirth my knee and slept downstairs and yes I had the window open, also when it was VERY hot, the garden door.

Yes, always. Bungalows are also very prone to damp patches on the walls, so need trickle vent on windows even in the Winter.

I live in a flat, and I do.

I did. But it was in a very safe area.

I know a lady in a ground floor flat and she has the windows open but they have locks so they can only open so far.

Screens on the windows could be a consideration.

My flat is so, so hot in the summer that I'm willing to fight a skinny intruder that could fit through my window.

I have french windows in my bedroom so, no, I don't sleep with them open.

Yes we do. We have sash windows with locks on that only open so far. Originally we were thinking of having screens of some kind fitted incase someone threw something in or an animal climbed in during the night but so far this has never happened!

Yes but I have a Jack Russell who would create a racket if anyone tried to climb in.

We currently live in a bungalow, the second one we have owned and we have never experienced any damp patches joannapiano so I am puzzled about your statement.

However, we do sleep with a small window open as our bedroom is at the rear of the bungalow and the back garden is fenced all around, my only concern would be cats - hate those creatures!

We have out locks onto our bedroom windows so that they can be opened part way but not enough for anyone to get in. The other windows are newer and can be locked cracked open, and have vents built in. I do like the air to circulate so this works well.

I've owned 4 bungalows and in one now... and never had any damp or mould in any of them, so also puzzled by the remark. All were/are insulated, vented, heated in winter, no drying of wet clothes inside...nor shut up for weeks at a time.

In hot weather I open the small top openers in each room and use a fan to distribute/move the air inside, works for me.

Our bungalow was built in the early 1930’s. Quite a few we viewed on this estate, before buying this one , had a rainbow of damp across a wall or two. We are on top of a hill, the highest point between North London and York. We like fresh air.

From about April to October, we sleep with the small top window open.

Not in the winter months, but have the dehumidifier running overnight.

The top windows open for most of the day all year.

Yes, when we designed the bedroom extension, we incorporated a small window which could safely be left open, and as the windows are fairly new, they all have trickle vents. Incidentally, bungalows are no more prone to damp than any other type of property!

joannapiano

Our bungalow was built in the early 1930’s. Quite a few we viewed on this estate, before buying this one , had a rainbow of damp across a wall or two. We are on top of a hill, the highest point between North London and York. We like fresh air.

They were probably all built by the same bulder, who didn't make sure that the damp-proof courses were really damp-proof.

We have a brilliant system on our downstairs windows where we have a bedroom in France. Electric roll down shutters mean we can leave our windows and French doors wide open for air to circulate at night, and when we go out in the day too.

I live in a bungalow now but even when I lived in a house when my husband was alive I never sleep with windows opened. I don't even like windows open during the hottest day during the summer.

I don't like insects getting in home especially winged ones. My husband insisted one very hot summer's night having the window open a little bit. Next thing I know he woke me up he could hear a buzzing in this ear. I put tepid water into his ear until there was no buzzing. He went to A&E the next day and ear,nose and mouth doctor removed the fly. Said I did the right thing using tepid water as cold or hot would have damaged my husband's ear drum.

I always make sure my hair is over my ears and duvet as well . I sleep on my side.

Thank you all.
I will report back to a friend with mobility issues, who insists she couldn’t possibly live on the ground floor because she couldn’t have a window open at night.

I live in s bungalow and always sleep with the window open slightly as I prefer a cool bedroom

If your friend was concerned perhaps a window lock for a child would help her.