I'm planning on buying a flat in Leeds UK where the avg temperature in winter is between 3C and 8C and the coldest recorded temp is -10C but in my experience in the UK it rarely drops below 0C. I'm a person that prefers cold temperatures and honestly would be okay in a 10C room with enough clothes on. So that leads me to my question: Do you think I could get away with not heating my flat at all and just leaching heat from surrounding flats? The flat I'm looking at is on the 2nd floor with flats above, below it and next to it. Also, it's a mezzanine type flat with the kitchen below the bedroom so the heat from cooking could keep me warm too.

>>33290097 (OP)
If you're able to buy a flat you should have the few bucks left to heat it. I don't think you could get away with it. Your place might get too damp during the winter and start growing mould. I wouldn't cheap out on heating. That's saving at the wrong end.

>>33290167
The thing is... I inherited a lot of money when I was younger and my parents agreed to help a bit with my purchase of a flat but I don't actually earn that much working as an Amazon flex driver. So after I buy this flat I won't have much money left over and won't be earning much... still beats renting!

>>33290097 (OP)
I've heard Leeds is a pretty cool city, good music.

>>33290097 (OP)
As previous anon suggested, you might be comfortable in a cold flat, but the flat itself wouldn't be. Damp, mould, etc are not trivial problems.