I too hate central heating. OH and I are always arguing about when to put it on. I try to keep it off for as long as possible. When we do I turn it down when he's not looking, then he goes round turning all the radiators up again.
I put socks and a cardy on if it's a bit chilly.
I'm still opening all the windows when I get home from work now.
A few people I know have a 'not before' date for heating, including one of my kids who won't put the heating on before October. I have a Thermostat set at 20c all year, if the temperature drops below that in the house the heating comes on. Its been off now for a few months but did click in the other day for a couple of hours.
Well we are having the boiler serviced next week so the man will have to turn it on, I'm a cold soul so I might have to insist it be left on, at least for a couple of hours in the evening.