Rent By Room: one room is way colder than the rest (Denver)

Rent By Room: one room is way colder than the rest (Denver)

Investor · Denver, CO · Member since 2019 · 41 posts · 17 votes

Hey guys! First, thanks for your consideration, I have gotten so much help from this forum it's amazing.

I have 2 rental properties in Denver Co, and I do rent by the room. one of my properties faces north and south (I learned my lesson, in CO definitely buy something that faces east and west if you can)

This has caused a number of issues, but the one i'm working on now is one of the rooms is 5-10 degrees colder than the rest. I noticed because my electrical bill was very high and I learned that they were using space heaters, which was also tripping the breaker.

I've added sensors in each room to my smart thermostat "eco bee" and when I checked yesterday it was 59 in that room and 68-81 in the other rooms... I changed the fan to run constantly and that has leveled it out a bit but it looks like (with the door closed which it needs to be) that room sits around 63 and the other bedrooms around 68-70, with the living room at like 73+.

That room is the most north facing, and only has 1 vent in it while a lot of the other rooms have at least 2 vents.

Space heaters seem to be very pricey since I cover utilities and my electrician said not to use them as it's a fire hazard and trips the breaker.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Getting a 2nd vent in there would probably be out of the question so what are the other simple solutions?

Hard wire some sort of "space heater" into that room on it's own circuit?

Thank you very much!

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  • Realtor · Denver, CO · Member since 2020 · 259 posts · 153 votes
    5y

    Hey @Travis!

    Congrats on the two rentals, that’s awesome. A simple fix related to your last comment would be to install a baseboard heater in the room. There are both hardwiring and plug baseboard heaters. A hardwire installation would definitely be less expensive than adding a new vent to the room (ductwork, drywall, etc). And a plug in would be an even simpler fix, and may provide a safer option than portable heaters. You can pickup a baseboard heater for ~$100 at Home Depot. I’m unable to comment on the cost difference between running a portable heater vs. these baseboards, but might be something to look into.

    Best of luck!

  • Investor · Boulder, CO · Member since 2015 · 61 posts · 17 votes
    5y

    I have the exact same issue in my house.  Most of my renters do not hang out during the day. Electric blankets and mattress pads pull less electricity.  You might try that.

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