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Where exactly am I supposed to find “significant investment” to sort my house out to deal with one week of hot every few years?
Where do you live to be so blessed!? In London every summer has multiple weeks above 30c. I wish I could move to where-ever you are, cool weather like that sounds delightful.
Probably most places outside of London
Midlands. It’s not so bad generally. Open the doors and windows to let the breeze flow, close the curtains on the sunny side to keep the heat out.
Could buy some thermal reflective films for your windows. Should get some myself but we are planning on getting new windows at some point so it feels like it’s better to do that first.
Might make the bedroom more pleasant in the early morning when the sun comes in and turns it into a greenhouse. Living room is fine, just means I have to leave the bedroom.
Same way large parts of the US did as high temperature went from being a mild and occasional annoyance to being a frequent thing.
Rent extract yourself up by someone else’s bootstraps.