Mike700, thanks for the information.
I currently have a 2.0 diesel Tiguan and it takes a few good while before you get any decent heat coming out and on short trips probably hardly any. Luckily I have heated seats and steering wheel. I had a Tiguan 1.5 petrol the other week whilst mine was in for repair, the difference in how quickly the car heated up was amazing.
So good to know that the Qashqai is no worse than the Tiguan