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How much of a factor is insulation/heat in a top floor apartment unit?
Posted on 6/18/16 at 10:09 am
Posted on 6/18/16 at 10:09 am
Have all but decided on a floor plan, but haven't decided on the floor. Complex I'm looking at is 4 stories and there are a handful of these units available. The one on the highest floor is slightly higher in price than the others. On the surface, I would prefer that due to noise, etc., but I'm wondering if I should be factoring in the heat as an added cost/annoyance. Built in 2007.
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Posted on 6/18/16 at 10:11 am to Lou Pai
Usually gets hot upstairs because heat rises, but one of my rentals has better ventilation in the upstairs units, thus getting way colder than downstairs
Posted on 6/18/16 at 11:00 am to Lou Pai
Every top floor apartment I lived in while at Auburn was really hot for much of the year compared with people I knew that lived on the bottom floors. It's possible though that a well built apartment/condo building wouldn't have this issue I guess? You get a lot of cheap builds in college towns I think.
Posted on 6/18/16 at 11:28 am to Lou Pai
Units with more exposure to the outdoors is harder to cool or heat.
A unit that has a true roof as a rule needs a bigger unit than the unit directly below. It also needs good insulation in the attic or the roof.
A unit that has a true roof as a rule needs a bigger unit than the unit directly below. It also needs good insulation in the attic or the roof.
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