I rent a 100-year-old house in Wallingford (very residential Seattle neighborhood) with two graduate students.
Yes, since it's a century old (don't know how it survived all those earthquakes... rumblerumble), it's quite difficult to heat... especially with this "unusually cold" Seattle autumn/winter cusp.
Fear not! We have a wood-burning stove! And tonight, I made my own fire. *beats fists on chest*
Ouch. My sternum.
(But, I cheated - thank God for starter logs! And a metric ton of firewood split last winter.)