Why Are UK Homes so Rubbish at Staying Warm Compared to the Rest of the EU ?

Do you know why our homes in the UK are colder than houses in the rest of the EU ?

One reason is because the UK has some of the oldest and least energy efficient housing stock in Europe

We still have a lot of older homes dating back before 1946 , one third of them do, and heating never became commonplace in our homes until the 1970s, so before then they didn't have insulation and other heat saving innovations

This is why our homes lose heat faster than our European neighbours

Older houses are less heat efficient

For instance older boilers are only 70% efficient so you are throwing 30% of your heating bill away using them

Couple this with cold and damp walls because of a lack of insulation and you start to realise the size of the prob;em

Also if you rent landlords don't care about this, you are paying the bills not them, so they think why should i invest in insulation or a replacement boiler as it doesn't benefit them

Also the government had massive cutbacks from 2015 so grants etc were not as readily available

There are more newer houses in the EU so they have proper insulation and more choice of heating options, we are mainly stuck with expensive gas

So when we are having to lower that temperature setting to save money you know our european neighbours are not suffering so much