Hahaha! This made me laugh out loud! We Brits can get that perfect temperature every time without any energy loss :D
I am an architect and I must say the door opening inwards is a building regulations health and safety matter. Open it outwards and hit other users... I do agree that everything is built to the bare minimum though; we are a small but highly populated country so space is tight! You should see a new build housing site, we refer to them as large scale lego schemes haha!