Is a top floor apartment warmer?

Yeah all that heat from the apartments under you rises up. Ive lived in a few top floor apartments over the years and never have to put the heating on in any of them.

I'd say it depends on the amount of insulation used. Apartment blocks were thrown up with little reference to standards during the Celtic Tiger years, so you could be very unlucky.

Clearly there will be nobody making noise above you, and some heat will rise from below, but the opportunities for heat escaping are much great greater than below.

Heat-wise you're probably better off one floor down, if the building isn't properly insulated.

You cant compare listening to the weather with listening to noisy neighbours though.

It depends. In newer apartments yes most likely. In older ones it depends on the roof insulation and design.

I've experienced top floor in both types. One was crap (older). The other was a hot box. No heating needed but doors open for ventilation :)

The best thing about having an A rated home is that what you save in winter on heating can be used in the summer for AC!

The problem is that some modern apartments have south-facing floor-to-ceiling windows with limited ventilation.

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OP, I lived in an apartment for a few years in the middle floor. It was not a recent build, but there was rarely a need to turn on the heating. It did, however, get very warm in the summer, and I was living with someone who was neurotic about opening windows for any length of time. I live in a house now, but I honestly miss living in an apartment in winter.

I live on a top floor and neighbours from lower floors have commented on how much warmer my places is, even with the heat off.

I have the advantage that my block has a pitched roof which means I have an attic (amazing in itself for storage!) and plenty of attic insulation.

I lived on the 3rd floor in a 5 storey block for about 5 years. Around 2010 with the big freeze, heating bills went through the roof. The following year, we opted for the Bord Gáis thing where they spread the cost out over the year……..e.g. so instead of paying €60 euro a month during the summer and €140 a month during the winter, you paid €100 a month all year round. It was supposed to even out over the full year.

About half way through the 2nd year, our downstairs neighbours moved out and a lovely Indian couple moved in, replacing the eastern Europeans who were already there. The difference in temperature was noticeable from day one, before I’d even known the Lithuanians had left. I actually assumed they’d had a baby, not that they’d moved out.

We were so used to the regular monthly deduction from BG that we forgot about the way we were spreading the costs with them. The residual heat coming up through the floors meant we weren’t putting it on as early, as often or for as long as we had been. When we moved out and I rang up about cancelling the account, we were about €700 in credit.

I had murder with them trying to get it back, they were very reluctant to issue a refund, they wanted to transfer the credit to our new account.