'I live in London's coolest flat - now people want to move in during the heatwave'

'I live in London's coolest flat - now people want to move in during the heatwave' Heba Sami says her four-bed London basement flat is so cold, she's still been 'shivering under her duvet' during this week's scorching weather A woman living in what has been dubbed 'London's coolest flat' says she has been "shivering" before getting under her duvet - despite the record-breaking temperatures. Heba Sami, 38, revealed that her four-bedroom basement flat has remained refreshingly cool thanks to scaffolding that has been blocking sunlight from streaming through her windows. Even as temperatures soared to 36.4C across the UK this week, her flat has not climbed above 24 degrees Celsius - according to her thermometer. She was even able to don full-length pyjamas beneath her duvet earlier this week. Heba says she has been inundated with messages from people desperate to move in during the heatwave. The freelancer and artist from Warwick Avenue, London, says: "I've had to literally, in the morning, open the windows at the side where the sun comes in, and in the afternoon, when it comes to the front of the flat, leave my patio door open to get the sun right through. "It's a basement flat and in addition to that it's a large four-bed so when the sun shifts to one side it can't reach the other side. "By the time it reaches one side the other side cools. I was in my flat thinking it's a heatwave and laughing at the fact I'm fully clothed in my duvet shivering. That was day one, the flat has been warming up a bit but the highest it's gotten is 24 degrees." Heba returned to the flat – once her childhood home – with the intention of selling it, and with barely any furniture inside, there is little to retain warmth. After sharing her astonishment at the remarkably low temperature on TikTok, Heba revealed her comments section had been flooded with "never-ending memes" and people branding her a "show off". She "didn't intend" for it to go viral, but followers were quick to joke about moving in temporarily to escape the scorching heat. "The top comments are 'you're ill'," she said. "I'm like 'okay, great' but I'm still very hot outside the flat so I don't think I'm ill and my mum is a doctor so I think I'd know if I was ill. "The other comments are 'when can we move in?' And I've just been telling people to join the waiting list."