I have a dislike souterrain flats, because while they keep cool in summer, in winter it’s a heatsink radiating away all the heat you pay for, even with modern insulation. At least my experience.
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mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
When my wife and I were looking for a home, our main priority was actually that it’s “climate proof”.
We found a souterrain apartment facing east, on top of a hill, far from any rivers or forest.
So it stays cool in the summer even without A/C, and is unlikely to flood or get caught in a forest fire.
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Heating costs are divided equally among all tenants, we only have one meter :)
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ah, if you have district heating that’s nice.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Doesn’t that depend on the relative temperatures? Surely the ground is warmer than a typical winter day.
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My experience is, while that is true, problem is, if you want to move away from the ground temperature, which is, let’s just say, 9°C experience-wise, then you will need to have your heating running 24-7 to move it to a liveable temperature, even if that temp is just 16°C. My perspective is insofar biased that it comes from gas heating, and I had no control over that place’s heating. So in short: fuck gas. My current living situation is as follows. I live on the second floor. Left of me, there’s a flat that’s heating. Right of me, there’s a flat that’s heating. On top of me, there’s a flat that’s heating. Below me, there’s a flat that’s heating and behind me is the hallway, which has 20°C for the entire year. Basically, I have my heating turned to frost protection and I get 25°C, no joke. Plus I have district heating now. So that’s a massive improvement.
chocrates@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
What is souterraine?
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
A fancy French word for basement.
Actually a floor that’s halfway between street level and basement.
So it’s possible to build normal windows into it, but they’re very low to the ground outside.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
The only issue you can have is high humidity/mold due to the high temperature difference in summer but that can usually be adressed with proper ventilation.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Cul-de-basse-fausse, that would be a fancy french word !