>> That's what I was thinking of. If your house is at 14 degrees it's inevitable
>> that there will be areas of outside wall, maybe also hidden by furniture, that are
>> much colder than that. They have almost certainly limited the ventilation by bunging up all
>> the gaps and keeping the windows shut. Human occupation creates moisture. I wouldn't be surprised
>> if they have a fine crop of mould by the spring if they keep it
>> up.
Previous house was a seventies built detached with bare cavity walls and gas warm air heating.
We replaced the original rotten and draughty softwood windows and doors with decent double glazing. With young children and clothes drying all the time we had constant issues with mould in corners and behind furniture on outside walls.
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