Apt living, and heat paid...edit new info!

I haven't a clue, but my experience with baseboard heat and being single isn't good.

I was a new teacher teaching. So, I was gone from 7-4. Then I'd quick come home and drop my stuff and go to my second job until 9:15-9:30 p.m. Consequently my apartment was cold in the winter and that was ok. Well, after getting a couple of $100+ electric bills (heat was included) months in a row I started to look for another apartment. I couldn't afford the electric. I was already working 2 jobs and $100 for electric was just too much.

My next apartment had gas heat. My electric bill dropped like a stone and I loved it.

All of this was back in the early 80's. Maybe things have changed. But I'll tell you I will never again live with baseboard heat.

I think you're going to need to ask that particular landlord what they mean by "heat included" and how it's set up so that she's not billed for it.

My first apartment had electric baseboards. It was extremely expensive. It was a 750 square ft apartment and we were gone all day, so only heating nights and weekends. First month bill was $175. This was in the early 90s. I'm not sure how the apartment would include it when it's so expensive to use?

She's definitely going to need to see what the landlord says. Is it possible that the baseboard is a secondary heat source and she will be responsible for it on her electric bill?

We used to have electric baseboard in our house and 7+ years ago we had geothermal installed (radiant & forced air). We still have the baseboard as a backup in case we would need it if something happens to the geothermal units.

Electric baseboard heat is so expensive.

Ok…I have never even heard of baseboard heat!

That sounds like what my in-laws have in their home - the baseboards look identical to electric baseboards, but they actually have hot water/steam going thru them from a boiler in the basement.

Me either!!

The couple of times a year I need the heat, I push the little switch from a/c to heat and then the heat comes out of the same vent the a/c comes out of.

Yes you can have hot water or steam baseboards. They should be fine.

She will probably love that form of heat! We had it in our last home and we miss it. The baseboards are ugly as sin, but the heat is probably the most efficient form. She doesn't have to worry about anything getting too hot that is next to it. It's just hot water running through pipes that are covered and it's radiant so even when the furnace that heats the water turns off, the water in the pipes stays warm for quite awhile.

I was from Ca. and had never seen such a thing. We had gas wall heaters or gas forced air. I was super skeptical of it but learned to love it. It doesn't dry out your skin like gas forced can.