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Originally Posted by massnative71
OK so if I ever own rental property in Boston that is heat included, I will sure to keep it at 64/68 degrees. Good to know. Meanwhile, I am going to heat/cool MY home how ever the frick I want.
(and fwiw, the complex I'm at now requires it to be kept at least 60 in the winter (to prevent pipe freeze issues)). That's where it stays, unless I'm there and not sleeping when I'll turn it up to 69 for comfort (I have efficient heat pumps).
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This reminds me -- years ago when we lived in the city of Chicago, we lived in an apartment that was in a 3 unit building and wasn't quite connected to the houses on either side, but it was close (and they appeared connected in front). One day our landlord was doing something to fix the heater -- change filters or something and somehow turned the heat off and forgot to turn it back on. He came back a month later or so and said the heat was off and why didn't we call him? We didn't call him because we didn't really notice it wasn't working -- it seemed a tad chilly, but we didn't think much of it.
If heat were free, I'd set it to 69 or so during the day and 64 or 63 at night. Since it's not free, we don't see any point in wasting money to set it any higher than 65 during the day. We usually set it a little lower -- especially during shoulder seasons, when I still might open the windows a lot. Then we keep it at 58 or so. That way it doesn't come on if I open the windows for a while.
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