> Even thick wool socks outside normal
socks?

Might work, but I don't own any thick wool
socks.

> Do you have carpets on the floor?

All the rooms are carpeted with a 1-foot border
of hardwood. The exception is the kitchen,
which is linoleum. And the unfinished
basement--concrete.

> There is an enormous difference between
living in a house and living in a flat/apartment.

I've lived in both, and I have the same problem
in both.

Gri"cold feet"shny