I never thought that our condo was chilly before, however now that my unbelievable friend and I have a fireplace in the residing room, it is super hot as well as toasty in our house, however well, at least downstairs is super hot as well as toasty, but i get chilly upstairs in our kitchen occasionally, although I feel that is because the windows in our kitchen are old as well as tend to lose quite a bit of heat.
I really only wanted a fireplace for aesthetic reasons, however after getting it, I realized that I really appreciate the warmth that it brings to the condo as well, and to me, there is nothing more comforting than walking into a hot condo after working hard all day, then my wife has even commented on how much she likes the condo being a bit warmer.
We were going to get a proper old wood burning fireplace, however my unbelievable friend and I changed our minds last minute. My wife thought that she would not mind breaking wood to keep up with the demand of the fireplace, however she ended up getting promoted at work, as well as now, she works more hours which means she has less time to split wood, but she decided that getting an electric fireplace would really be best for us. I am glad that she did because I was not looking forward to the mess that carrying wood into the condo would make. I am sure that the electric fireplace is not nearly as hot as a wood fireplace would be, however it is much less service. I feel it sort of balances out the issue! Plus, my unbelievable friend and I really do not need the fireplace to provide off any more heat than our electric one does. It makes our condo the perfect temperature.