If you live in a bungalow….

Who can get through a top window? Sure a side window open I can see the danger in that but a small top one?
Fresh air aids sleep.

Germanshepherdsmum

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

No where is safe these days

Trickle windows open all year in our bungalow on DH's insistence. We do have windows open in the Summer in our bedroom, and I usually get up early and open as many as I can during really hot weather.
When he's away I have a hockey stick by the bed - old habit from when we lived in a ground floor flat in London, never had to use it.

Strategic bump for t***l avoidance.

My daughter went to boarding school. All the ground floor bedrooms had pull alarms, like those in disabled toilets. No one needed an alarm in the 4 years she was there.

I always sleep with the bedroom window open summer and winter. I don’t like a musty room and prefer a cool room

We’ve lived in our bungalow for over 25 yrs, we’ve never had any damp issues. It’s solidly built, double glazed, cavity wall insulation and insulation above the 2 upstairs bedrooms.

Maybe new bungalows are the same as a lot of new houses, poorly built? And so are liable to get damp patches.

Juggernaut

@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!

My worst subject, Juggernaut apparently, although I enjoyed it and got an 'O' level 😁
I do surprise myself answering quiz questions on TV though, so
something must have sunk in!

@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!

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

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!

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 🤣

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.

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!)

No, not Barnet.

*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

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

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.

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

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

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

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That sounds the perfect compromise for safety and fresh air.

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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!

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 😲

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