00:00This west-facing window, the sun beats in here and it's basically like a greenhouse in here in
00:05the afternoon, so it became unbearably hot. So I thought, what a nightmare, can I actually live
00:10here? I also work from home, so I realised it was a really big problem. From about midday,
00:17I need to close these curtains and actually I've got special thermal curtains that cut out the
00:22heat, so that's kind of the key thing, is to protect it. What I discovered is that windows
00:28in the UK are designed to let the heat in, which is obviously a nightmare in the summer,
00:33so it is very much like a greenhouse. And then when it got really hot, I also stuck tinfoil
00:40over the windows during the whole hot period, so basically just blocked out anything and used the
00:45thermal curtains as well, and that kind of enabled me to survive the really hot times.
00:49So my bedroom basically is east-facing, so I just keep the curtains closed completely in the
00:57morning, because in the morning that's when the sun comes through, so I just block out the sun
01:01in my bedroom to keep that cool. And then in the kitchen, when it's really hot, I also put the foil
01:10over those windows as well. I mean, this summer hasn't been as bad. You shouldn't have to like
01:16live like this. I'm trying to work, I'm trying to sleep. Sleeping is a problem as well when it's hot,
01:21so it's a constant battle. And government also needs to think about people that live in flats,
01:25because all its focus is on people that live in houses, who get lots and lots of support with
01:30free solar panels and these kind of things, but we don't get any of that,
01:34so I think they also need to make it fair for people that live in flats.
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