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As we embrace for another cold winter consider your tenants by making their winter more bearable, especially if they have children or elderly living in the home. The World Health Organisation recommends that the temperature inside the home should not be lower than 18degrees.
It goes without saying insulate first and then look at choosing an efficient heating system for your house as this will help maintain healthy indoor temperatures while lowering powerbills for your tenants.
Heating accounts for about 29% of the power bill. So there are several factors to consider when looking at choosing the right heating for your rental properties, including the amount of heating needed, and the running costs for your tenants.
There are many heating systems to choose from 
Convection heaters are inherently inefficient because they focus on warming the air. And only heat small areas like kitchens or small bedrooms.
Low temperature electric radiators, usually oil-filled, offer an efficient, comfortable and healthy heat source with a reasonable response time. Models with thermostats and timers are easier to manage efficiently. Radiators are mainly used for heating small to medium bedrooms.
Heat Pumps are becoming increasingly popular and for good reason they are the most efficient heating system on the market. Heat pumps do not generate heat but extract it from one body of air and transfer it to another. They use the same principle as your fridge/freezer at home, compressing gas and then allowing it to expand, extracting heat as it does so. Â Even if the air outside is freezing heat pumps can extract heat energy and transfer it inside to keep you...
