Our apartment is set at 72 right now because I run cold and even a blanket, thick socks, and a hat isn't enough to warm me up when it's cold enough to snow outside (as it is right now). However, since we live in Alabama, I can count on one hand the number of times it gets that cold around here in a winter.
So to me, no, 72 isn't unreasonable on rare occasions. I think it's a little high to be set on a longer-term basis, though.
Actually, now that I see that you're not paying separately for utilities as I first thought, I think your discussion with your roommate(s) may be a tougher one.
Since price isn't an issue (and I seriously doubt 72 in the winter is taking advantage of the landlord unless they specifically have asked you to turn it down), it's probably going to come down to your personal preference against theirs. Since you're way more uncomfortable/sweating at night, maybe you can come to some sort of compromise where it's turned up a little in the evening, then cranked down once everyone goes to bed? Whoever it is should really just invest in a space heater/thicker blankets though, in my opinion.
This. There's bad air circulation in our house, so some of the rooms stay well under 70F even if the heat is up at 75F.
Even so, I'm a cold person, and in socks, long sleeves, and a long sweater, when the temperature is at 72F, I have to sit with an electric blanket. If I'm trying to move around and do stuff like cleaning or projects, I need the temperature up higher or I get goosebumps.
If you have a space heater and you guys aren't paying your own utilities, it strikes me that finding out which roomie needs it warmer, and loaning them your heater is the best choice.
I might be biased because my house's heating system is borked and never gets above 19/66 even on a good day. That's cold-- my plastics don't set properly, my feet/hands* are cold all the time and it /sucks/. Space heaters can cause property damage (fires, etc) but fans don't. We live in Canada and heating is included, so I would rather open a window or run a fan a little to feel comfortable than make everyone else uncomfortably cold.
*I'm an artist so when my hands are numb and my plastics don't cure, that's not really something that can be solved by putting on a sweater.
My house is usually set to turn on the heating if it gets under 20c. Occasionally I'll do 22, because I do have days where i'm stupidly cold, but my heater shuts off from 10pm and goes back to "normal" for the next heating period, and I never have it that hot for two heating periods in a row.
Mind you, our version of "insanely cold during the day" is 8c outside, so I think that explains why I keep it warmer, if that makes sense.
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So to me, no, 72 isn't unreasonable on rare occasions. I think it's a little high to be set on a longer-term basis, though.
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Since price isn't an issue (and I seriously doubt 72 in the winter is taking advantage of the landlord unless they specifically have asked you to turn it down), it's probably going to come down to your personal preference against theirs. Since you're way more uncomfortable/sweating at night, maybe you can come to some sort of compromise where it's turned up a little in the evening, then cranked down once everyone goes to bed? Whoever it is should really just invest in a space heater/thicker blankets though, in my opinion.
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Even so, I'm a cold person, and in socks, long sleeves, and a long sweater, when the temperature is at 72F, I have to sit with an electric blanket. If I'm trying to move around and do stuff like cleaning or projects, I need the temperature up higher or I get goosebumps.
If you have a space heater and you guys aren't paying your own utilities, it strikes me that finding out which roomie needs it warmer, and loaning them your heater is the best choice.
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*I'm an artist so when my hands are numb and my plastics don't cure, that's not really something that can be solved by putting on a sweater.
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Mind you, our version of "insanely cold during the day" is 8c outside, so I think that explains why I keep it warmer, if that makes sense.
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