How will things change if our summers keep getting hotter

I guess the only ones who do not mind this hot weather are those that can afford all the things needed to stay cool! My long haired cat & I are sharing a fan that has seen better days! It still works, just about! I have a sort of friend who is much better of than I am & regales me with all the things she has got to cool down under, move with her to anywhere in her house, just turn on & enjoy! Maybe if we all had some of her money we could do the same! Anyone want to go round there tonight when she is asleep in her nice cool bedroom & cool down at her expense? 😹🔥😂🔥

MollyNew - agree about the plants. I live on a farm in the SW, a site of special biodiversity, and over the two winters I've had here I've been charting the success of plants I would never have thought would have flourished outside all year round. The big surprise for me has been bougainvillea which I had in abundance in my long-term holiday home abroad. Last June I bought three from the local garden centre and planted them in very large pots on my patio. I failed to bring them inside over the winter and thought they were lost after the two storms in January, but now two of them are in full colour (I did lose one).

When one of my children was a tiny baby we had a long heatwave and I used to put her cradle on the floor with wet nappies ( with water not wee!) draped round her on a clothes horse and a fan going across the wet nappies. In those days we didn’t have air con, couldn’t afford it.

New builds should face east west instead of north south, and be fitted with external shutters. Shutters can go on a kind of latch so that they can be opened about six inches.

They should be built around a communal pool, with someone appointed to look after it.

Air con should be installed in lounges, kitchens and bedrooms.

My son & family are moving this summer to another property in Surrey. The new house is to be extended and they are really keen on installing air con during building.