You live in New Zealand during winter when...- You are sitting in the work staffroom first thing in the morning and laughing at the local expat Scotsman because he must be 'used' to the cold while you sit there and drink your tea with your gloves and big coat on...
- You go out for a nice relaxing meal and leave your jacket on the whole time...
- You buy a $1 Million dollar NZ house and then run out to buy a bunch of crappy little fan heaters from the warehouse to try and keep it warm...
- You move into your picture-postcard perfect NZ house only to discover that you have bought a 'leaky home' and the walls turn into soggy biscuits.
- You turn up to school and attend class with your scarf and gloves on but everyone considers it 'normal'...
- You buy a dehumidifier to combat the moisture from your portable gas heater and then have to open the windows so you do not die from too much carbon-dioxide...
- You get out of the shower in the morning, open the bathroom door then 'run the gauntlet' back to your bedroom where your little 1000w fan heater is waiting to greet you.
- Your cat refuses to eat its food because it is so cold it cannot smell it.
- You see a picture from a wintry Canada and although it looks nice, you say "I wouldn't want to live there!, it looks too cold!...
- You laugh at people from 'cold' countries such as Canada, Scotland and Norway whilst not realising they are warm, healthy and dry. (unlike you) Lol!
Seriously Though, check these stats!
- 45% of existing homes are mouldy
- 16% of homes have no insulation at all
- 21% of people aged 18–24 say their home is cold and uncomfortable
- 84% of households say they don’t have the financial means to make energy-saving renovations
- Typically more than one third of the energy used in the home is for keeping warm
- Nearly two thirds of homes in New Zealand were built before insulation became a legal requirement in 1979—just over one million properties
- More than a quarter of the nation’s homes could be making their occupants ill
- More than 75% of people who rented or bought a home in the past two years did not check insulation, hot water cylinders, heaters and other water and energy efficiency appliances
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