<p>We live in the northeast and the winter is coming, my roommates are those people who need heat no matter how warm it is, I never touch the heat and always leave it off,like 52,but my roommates want them to be 68 or 70,the consequence is that the utility bill goes up,and I do not want to pay for them, what should I do? Should I let the landlord know to let my roommates pay the difference? What if they don't pay?</p>
<p>52 is insane. </p>
<p>68 is completely reasonable for a house to be set at in the winter.</p>
<p>You’re just cheap. If you want to live in an icebox, go down to the nearest restaurant and ask if you can rent out their walk in refrigerator to live in, instead of living with roommates.</p>
<p>You’ve got roommates, split the bills evenly. Otherwise, move out and pay everything on your own.</p>
<p>Ominous said it. 52 is absurd.</p>
<p>Reiterating, you are being completely unreasonable. If you don’t want to pay for utilities then don’t live in an apartment. Should they shower with bottled water too so you don’t have to pay the water bill? Jeez!</p>
<p>Alright then.</p>
<p>52 degrees? ***? At my house, we never set it above 63 and that’s ridiculous enough. A normal house should be between 65-68.</p>
<p>My roommates keep the temperature at 75 :O</p>
<p>Yeah we keep it between 60-64 and we admit that we’re cheap as dirt. (In the summer we keep it at 78).
But we’ve ALL agreed to this.</p>
<p>You’re just unbelievably ridiculous.</p>
<p>52 is insane, but maybe you could ask/prod them to turn it down to that whenever they leave the house? If you can handle it being that cold when its just you, then fine and then they could just turn it back up when they get home.</p>
<p>Are you an Eskimo?</p>
<p>i like living at about 55-60, you’re not crazy. but when your roommate or anyone else is around, it’s best to leave it at a more agreeable temperature b/c most people can’t handle it.</p>
<p>dang, if i lived at your place i’d probably need to wear a big coat all the time! haha</p>
<p>Just a heads up, I know some landlords require you to keep the house at a certain temp during the winter so that the pipes don’t freeze. 52 might not cut it.
What about an automatic/timer adjusted thermostat? Low 60’s during the day if nobody’s home, warmer in the evening/night.</p>
<p>52 degrees is definitely pushing it a little, and I don’t know why you think 68 is being unreasonable, to be honest. That’s about the temperature that most people prefer - there’s a reason that “room temperature” is 68-72 degrees. I could understand wanting to save money, and being annoyed if they made it excessively hot - like 75 or 80 - but I don’t think they’re exactly in the wrong here.</p>
<p>You are being unreasonable, 52 is pretty much uncomfortable. You guys should talk and agree with a temperature.</p>
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<p>That literally made me laugh out loud.</p>
<p>lol 52 degrees? In many places its warmer than that outside in the winter</p>
<p>The lowest it lets you set it in my dorm room is 50 degrees. Are you trying to live in an icebox? Normal temperature is like 72 degrees so 68-70 is very reasonable.</p>
<p>wait. you’re a high school student. how/why do you already have an apartment?</p>
<p>and Paul- as I said we keep ours super low (62?)… but still much more that 150. I just about died when I saw our gas bill.</p>
<p>Keeping it at 52 is considered unreasonable if your only goal is to save on the utility bills. You’ll make up in the amount you save in warm clothes and blankets, not to mention discomfort, which you can’t exactly put a value on.</p>
<p>That being said, I keep my apartment at ~60-65 during the winter for environmental issues. However, the agreement is that if any of us finds it uncomfortable, we adjust it. There hasn’t been anything unreasonable, such as 80, yet.</p>
<p>Main thing I have to say: there are much better things to quarrel about than a simple utility bill. The difference probably would not exceed $50 per person, and that’s equivalent to five days of food.</p>
<p>PaulandArt- you seriously need to chill out. Not one thing I posted was “snippy.”</p>
<p>It is an honest question as to why a high school senior is talking about this. We ARE allowed to be curious.</p>
<p>Second, I wasn’t comparing my bill to yours. I was just commiserating with how expensive gas bills can be.</p>
<p>So chill.</p>
<p>Compromise. 52 is unreasonable. You need to wear lots of heavy clothes for that. Not comfortable at all.</p>
<p>70 is too warm for me to be comfortable. And it adds onto the heating bill a lot.</p>
<p>Consider keeping it around 64-65. Will save money over 68-70, but is still comfortable.</p>
<p>Also make sure to turn it down at night. 58-60 is plenty for sleeping, if you have a heavy blanket. Set the thermostat to kick on an hour before you get up so it’s not that cold when you get out of bed.</p>