Planning to Buy a House with North facing garden!

[PinkSwan]

Hi everyone.. I would like your inputs on this topic! We are planning to buy a our dream 4 bed link detached house having a 45ft back garden which is mostly north facing and slightly east facing. Also It has a south facing front garden which is 49ft and next to the drive way to the garage. So how bad or good is this?

Thanks in advance :)

[Murdermysteryreader]

We have a North facing garden and it doesn't bother me . We still get plenty of sun and washing dries. It isn't a big issue.

[bigbluestars]

Depends on how your garden is aspected. I have a North facing back garden but is long enough to avoid the shadow of the house itself and no other buildings West or East for 800metres or so. It gets the East rising sun all the way around to sunset.

[PinkSwan]

@Murdermysteryreader, Thank u :)
@bigbluestars, The property we are planning to buy is a semidetached one.. so there are many houses both to the left and right of the property.. however, this house is on the curve of the road so not sure if that is an advantage. Behind the garden is a garage and few back gardens of other properties..

[JustABitOfCollateralDamage]

We have a north facing garden and struggle to create enough shade for the children! Garden slopes upwards so there's a shady patio by the house, all of the garden gets sun until the evening.

We're also semi-detatched, but seem to get more sun than some of our neighbours (lucky with the angles and gaps?).

[beingsuper]

What matters for the garden is any close obstructions to the west and east of the garden, not the house, so neighboring houses need not be a problem. We once had a north facing garden on a long straight road of semis and it was a suntrap in the summer.

[wormshuffled]

I've had to go half way down my long garden today to get in the sun with my washing airer. In summer its fine, in fact I love how the back of my house is kept cool.

[bealos]

We have a 10ft north facing garden and it's fine! 45ft and you'll be laughing... The large proportion of it will get loads of sun.

We have a South facing wall at the end of our very small garden and grow all sorts of things. We are in London though so quite mild.

[littlemonkeyface]

Personally I would never buy a house a with north facing garden. Ours is south facing and sheltered from the wind so feels like summer from late March right into October. Friends of ours with a north facing garden hardly sit outside as it always feels dark and damp. I think a north facing garden is only good if you want a glass conservatory that you can use all year round.

[Greenrememberedhills]

I think it depends on the size of the garden, heights of walls, and how the house is overlooked.

Larger gardens fare better and are sunny at the far end. I have an east facing garden, having previously swore I never would. It gets a great deal of sun from the south, as it isn't overlooked from that side.

Also, consider the house itself. It is the rooms at the back which are in shade. For me, it matters whether those are rooms in which you spend day time.

My house is oddly shaped as it is an extended cottage, so it isn't an issue. If the house has the kitchen and daytime living space facing north, that may be depressing?

[PinkSwan]

Thank u to all replies.. We have had the offer accepted for this house. Now I realise that the garden is North west facing and not north east .... :) So may be we will have some westerly sun in then evenings. Also the current owner says that that half the garden gets Sun in Winter and only the part closest to the house doesn't get Sun in summer. So we are OK with it and I feel happy to have both sunny and shady parts.. Here's the arial view of the property :)