If you live in a bungalow….

Only in really hot weather. I open them during the day of course, but don't feel safe at night.

We have trickle vents which are always open and the type of windows that can be locked in a slightly open position. We don’t have the small quarter light type at the tops.

Each bedroom window has wooden Venetian blind. At our request the installer attached a sort of prong which goes into a fitment screwed to the wall. Should the window be opened wide at night the blind is held down. Not enough to keep a determined intruder out I guess but anyone trying would make a heck of a noise.

Regarding damp, no sign of it in our bungalow. It was built in 1987 and we’ve been here for 11 years. .

We do, our bedrooms are on the back, we have the small window open, we never close it.

I live in a bungalow that backs onto fields so I have locks on the window, that allows the window to be safely locked and open a few inches. I also have purpose built mosquito nets on the windows so when open, stops bugs and creepy crawlies climbing in. I did install air conditioning a few years ago in February, when it was snowing and everyone laughed at me. (There was an offer with a local contractor) Now when it gets really hot, the entire family descend on my little bungalow for the day and one of my children actually comes home and sleeps in my spare room as their house is too hot.

Never

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.

You make the damp sound almost appealing😁

I live in a bungalow (built 1880s and not that damp!) and when it's very hot I do sleep with the window open, but I don't really like doing so - and can only do it because we are in a very safe area.

I live in a house and sleep on the 1st floor. I always check that all downstairs windows are closed and the three outer doors locked before going to bed at night.

In warm weather I have often left upstairs windows open at night and if we get hot weather this summer, I shall probably do so again, even although I am now alone.

I have once or twice forgotten to lock the back door at night, and no harm has come of it, but I find it more sensible to lock it.

I’m disabled and live in a bungalow but I’ve got a good fan for the warmer months. I used to sleep with mine open but I wouldn’t leave my windows now incase a rat tries to get inside. As happened to one of my neighbors she was sleeping and one climbed in her window. Pest control told her that they only need a gap bit wider than a 1 inch so that was when I shut mine lol I leave open during day when I’m home but before I lived in my bungalow I lived in first floor flat and slept with them open every night

I lived in a bungalow for many years as a child/ teenager. Not sure if I opened the window at night. Probably not.
As fir now, no, I would not sleep in a bungalow with an open window but then the national farmers union woukdnt even give me a car insurance quote once I told him our post code. It’s a market town outskirts of London, not the fanciest place but I was 😲

merlotgran

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

Definitely! Regarding the JR! Due to the current dogs being short arses (little dogs) we've put a box under the landing window so they can see out. The Chihuahua has very good hearing and a piercing bark. EVERY night (and usually when I'm almost asleep) she'll fly from under the covers to the box then bark at my brother in law who is shutting the gate! Never after its latched, always before! He said once he heard her through the double glazing but didn't know where she was!

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That sounds the perfect compromise for safety and fresh air.

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I live in a bungalow & sleep with the window open on the ‘catch’ where you can lock the window but the gap allows a bit of air flow, I’ve also put in a ceiling fan/light combo to gain airflow (not to everyone’s liking but it works for me

Not a bungalow but my bedroom is downstairs. Sleep with window open all year....Been here for over 30 years

We live in a bungalow and the bedroom windows are always open day and night.

I also live in a flat and leave our balcony doors open as well as our windows on really hot nights. We're on the first floor but I'm sure that our windows could be accessed, but the heat is just too much for me.

I feel the same.
If anyone got in, woe betide them when I'm sweating and miserable and can't sleep!

*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.*

We leave our bungalow bedroom windows open at night, but they're locked, so cannot be opened more than about two inches.
We live directly on the promenade in the north west of England, so get loads (too much on windy days such as today) of fresh air.

joannapiano I assume you're in High Barnet, that's far too busy and built up for me, I like my fresh air to be mega fresh

No, not Barnet.

Juggernaut

*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.*

We leave our bungalow bedroom windows open at night, but they're locked, so cannot be opened more than about two inches.
We live directly on the promenade in the north west of England, so get loads (too much on windy days such as today) of fresh air.

joannapiano I assume you're in High Barnet, that's far too busy and built up for me, I like my fresh air to be mega fresh

joannapiano I assume you're in High Barnet
Did you pass 'O' level geography, Juggernaut? 😁

(sorry, no offence intended!)

Yes, always on vent and when the weather is good (summer mostly) they are open. We have limiter locks on the windows so they can only be opened so far through the night. I like fresh air whatever the season and it helps deter damp and mould.

Yes I do but I do have a security camera on my windowsill so if anyone breaks in and murders me hopefully they’ll be able to identify him/her 🤣

Have only once lived in a bungalow and hated sleeping at ground floor level. My mother lived in a bungalow in her last years and did leave a window open but had a really difficult decision to make about that - she was very security conscious but also had always slept with the window open because she believed it was healthier. Health argument won!

No. But we do have a ventilation system that draws fresh air in as well as vents on the windows.

@joannapiano,
Somewhere close to Tring?

@Calli
Yes, O level and A level geography, which my husband calls 'world colouring in'!
Fortunately I also did several other A levels that were of a lot more use than geography. I wish I'd chosen history rather than geography, but our Head of History was a horrible woman, and that put me off the entire subject. Well, that and the Peterloo massacre!