Several houses I have viewed and liked have had northish orientations at the back, which everyone tells me is bad (although we are south facing now and its a bit sauna like). However some have mitigating factors, one I particularly like is north-west at the back (not sure what this would mean sun wise) but the main living space is dual aspect so I assume the front window is south east and it has a glass extension to the kitchen, its 3 sided glass with a roof light in the ceiling ? does this mean is gets sun from most directions or does the north still dominate? Then my friend has a north facing garden and its a complete suntrap because the sun comes uninterrupted from east and west.
Such a costly thing to get wrong and I always seem to view on cloudy days (aargh) so I though a general mn survey might help!
What direction do various bits of your house face and what are the pros and cons?
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Please tell me about the different orientations (north/south etc) of your house and how they affect you?
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crazyboots · 06/06/2014 12:35
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