"Extremely stressful"

Apartment is 30 degrees, but air conditioning is forbidden

Ursula Recker in her apartment, where it gets up to 30 degrees. It is almost impossible to cool down, she is not allowed to install air conditioning.(Bild: Dostal Harald)

"It's just extremely stressful, there are extreme temperatures in my apartment," complains Ursula Recker (68) from Linz. But her application for air conditioning was rejected by the housing association. The "Krone" asked why, and has tips for cooling down your own four walls.

Ursula Recker (68) has lived in Linz-Urfahr for more than five decades, but in recent years it has gotten worse and worse. During a local inspection by "OÖ-Krone", the thermometer showed 30 degrees - in the apartment, mind you. All cooling measures failed. "That's why I asked the GWG if I could install air conditioning. But they refused," says the sprightly pensioner.