I have done a number of inspections at houses where there was inadequate heat. A house should have heat in every livable room. That does not include hallways, closets or bathrooms, although most of us like heated bathrooms in the dead of winter. At many old houses I might find a single space heater, or maybe a baseboard heater in one bedroom but no heat in other rooms.
What buyers often do not realize, in taking on such a house, is that the problem caused by lack of heat might go beyond simply being uncomfortable in cold weather. Lack of heat, or poor distribution of heat, can lead to condensation forming on walls and microbial growths (read that as mold) finding a great place to grow in those damp and unheated areas. Mold is the result of excess moisture and/or inadequate ventilation.
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