I can't stand over-heated buildings, and in my opinion, most people do over-heat their premises.
I don't have a thermometer but it is supposed to be about 10-11 °C here today. I have my windows open but it is probably still a degree or two warmer in this room than outside. I'd guess it is about 12-13 °C here at my computer. I am wearing a long-sleeved sweatshirt but I haven't bothered putting my big woolly jumper on yet. That will go on later once the sun has set and the temperature drops.
I hope to last another week or two before using any heating. Even when I do heat the house, it is only with one gas fire and one small gas wall heater. I doubt whether those 2 rooms normally get above 16-17 °C at any time between September and April, and the rest of the house is unheated. (Heat from cooking takes the chill off the kitchen. At other times, I only pop in there to make a cup of tea.)
My boiler completely packed up last winter and I can't afford to buy a new one so I was washing in cold water in an unheated bathroom when it was -12 °C. In the end, the pipes gave way to the cold before I did - they froze solid and cracked while I was away at Christmas. Fortunately, they didn't thaw until I got back!
Cold is
bracing!
