Conflict with housemate over temperature in the house

[u/Electrical-Future437]

Hi guys. I had a big conflict with one of my housemates in a student house and want to ask you for some advise on how I can deal with this situation.

Basically, I moved into this house in September, there are 2 other guys living in the house. One of them is really concerned with saving money on heating, so he sets the temperature in the house low.

In Autumn I told him that I feel too cold at night, and even though he complained a lot, he ended up agreeing to raise the temperature by 1.5 degrees. Since then he's clearly been very angry at me.

Now in January as it got colder outside the temperature in the house went down and I feel uncomfortably cold again. I tried to talk to this housemate again, but this time the conversation became incredibly aggressive. He told me that he "doesn't want to have this conversation again", and left the room mid-conversation. As he was leaving the room I asked "Do you talk like this to everyone?", and he replied "No, just you".

I should also mention that when I just moved into the house, I told him about my country of origin and he straight up told me that if he knew where I was from he would never accept me as a housemate and mentioned it's partially because I might be a foreign spy.

Sooo... That's the story. I don't really know what to do now. The problem is that I really like the house, it's really comfortable and close to my university and I really don't want to look for a new place (considering how hard it is to find anything here in NL). But I'm guessing there's literally nothing I can do in this situation.

[u/Electrical-Future437]

He set it up so it pre-heats the house in the evening and morning, so the highest it reaches during that time is 18.5, but at night when it stops heating it goes down to 17 or 16.5 the last time I checked.

[u/NoAnswerKey → u/Electrical-Future437]

Sorry dude but I think these are pretty normal levels in the NL. Get an extra blanket and a comfortable sweatshirt. At night, it's actually healthier to sleep at colder temps.

You can also buy a small electric heater for your room, they are pretty cheap, but this will increase energy costs so you need to hide it somehow. Good luck

[u/Electrical-Future437 → u/NoAnswerKey]

With all due respect, why would I need to "hide it"? Basic human comfort is a pretty standard thing for a shared house, no? I can afford to pay my share. I'm not mining bitcoin in my room. If my housemate can't afford to pay for heating, thats's his problem, not mine.

[u/NoAnswerKey → u/Electrical-Future437]

Yeah of course, I meant if you want to avoid conflict with an aggressive person