To go for the house or not??

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Hi all.
I wasn't really sure what category to put this thread in. Hopefully I'll get some answers.
Anyways..
My wife and I are looking to buy a new house. We've found a house we really love that ticks all the boxes apart from one. The back garden is north east facing. I know that south facing gives the most sunlight so I'm guessing north facing will mean mostly shade?? Can anyone give any information on how much sunlight we will receive in the summer with a north east facing garden? I'm not sure exactly how big the garden is but it's pretty big. Maybe 60ft long and backs on to allotments so no buildings behind. We love the sun and family BBQs in the summer and would love our kids to be able to enjoy paddling pools etc.
It would be a shame to turn down this house just because the garden doesn't get enough sun but it is something that is quite important to us.

It will be fine. We have a north facing garden and nothing behind or to the side and its is sunny all summer.

Thank you for your reply! ☺️

We have a south facing garden but it's not sunny all the time (high fence). Get in the garden, walk around it with wellingtons on to see how wet it is.

I think it depends on how the garden is laid out as well and the buildings around it, as much as the way it faces.

Our garden is North West facing and there are spots where nothing can survive except a few bushes or ferns. And even they don't grow or flower to their full potential, staying the same size as when we bought them. They almost literally never get direct sun though.

But equally there are a lot of spots in the garden that do get enough sunshine for plants to flourish. Even if they're in shade for a large part of the day, they also get a lot of sunshine the rest. If we designed around that, we could have a lovely garden.

As other people have said, it will really depend on what is around it rather than just the house itself. Is the house terraced, semi detached or detached? Does it have gardens on either side and are those full of tall trees? We have a north east facing garden and it gets lots of sun in the summer, the things that actually block the light most are the huge leylandii that our next door neighbours have at the bottom of their garden. Even they only block the light while the sun is in a particular direction. I actually prefer it this way as, from March to October, the whole garden gets light at some point, but there are always shady spots when the weather is hot.

The other question is how far north you are. In the summer in the UK the sun rises in the northeast, is high in the sky at midday when it's in the south and sets in the northwest. The further north you are the more sunlight your garden will get in the early morning and late afternoon whereas a south facing garden will be shady at those times.

Your garden is big and long so you'll always have sunny spots.