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Garden aspect

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deadlyseaurchin · 08/05/2022 22:02

Looking at house & the garden is NW which is not ideal but there is nothing for sale in budget anymore.

It's semi detached & the only a little bit of the garden joins another house if that makes sense. Does that make a difference?

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bilbodog · 08/05/2022 22:06

You need to go round on a sunny day and see how much sun the garden gets - it will depend on the height of any surrounding buildings, trees and how long and wide the garden is. Sometimes it can work really well to have the back of the house in shade but sun further down. Also this means that the front of your house is south-east so should get lots of sun.

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deadlyseaurchin · 08/05/2022 22:10

unfortunately no time for that, the market is still mad where I am. Saw it yesterday & it's best and final tmw morning 😩

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deadlyseaurchin · 08/05/2022 22:11

no nearby trees
does my diagram help? The star is the house I like

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Notmyyearthisyear · 08/05/2022 22:32

You’re not too overlooked at all at the back and should get decent amount of sun in the afternoon/evening from the west. If you like the house and everything else go for it!

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deadlyseaurchin · 08/05/2022 22:58

thank you, will likely be outbid though 😭

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OrangeBall · 08/05/2022 23:13

We are NW and it's lovely. As long as the house isn't too tall, you should get all the summer sun.

I downloaded an app called Sun Path when I bought the house which shows you the position of the sun during the day and in summer/winter. Doesn't show the height but should give you an idea.

OrangeBall · 08/05/2022 23:14

Sun's Path it's called sorry. You can put in the postcode and it will show you.

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deadlyseaurchin · 09/05/2022 00:03

@OrangeBall I can't see that in the app store for some reason

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OrangeBall · 09/05/2022 05:49

Ah I think it's changed name. Here's a link

apps.apple.com/gb/app/sun-position-and-path/id1502500167

sweetgrapes · 09/05/2022 06:46

www.suncalc.org/ is also useful.

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deadlyseaurchin · 09/05/2022 08:05

thank you

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OUB1974 · 09/05/2022 09:18

We have a nw facing garden. It's quite long and narrow. I just looked out of the window (9.15am) and most of the grass on the left side has sun on it. Later in the day the borders to the right will have sun. It's fine and depends on the house and what's around it.

bilbodog · 09/05/2022 10:38

I think you will get a lot of light in that garden - go for it.

AlmostThereMaybe · 09/05/2022 11:16

I was in a similar position recently, but decided not to be put off by the garden facing NW after quite a bit of research and coming to the conclusion that the length of the garden should mean having some sun & some shade throughout the day.

NeedAHoliday2021 · 09/05/2022 12:37

We had a north facing garden for 11 years and the only issue was a little moss in the grass near the house so we added a patio (then a conservatory that was useable all year round). We loved that house and only moved due to having twins and needing more space inside.

Thejugglestruggle · 09/05/2022 12:46

North facing garden owner here!
Most of our garden is in sun end of April to end of September.
We also like that the very back of the house is in shade for the kids when they need a break from the sun. It also means the front of the house is in sun and the light floods in so beautifully.
I'd actually go so far as to say that we prefer this set up to our old South East facing garden.

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