North-facing garden.... would you?

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As the title asks, would you buy a home with a north facing garden? Or do you live in a house with a north facing garden, what's it like?

Context, I'm considering a property with a north facing garden, it's long so the end would get decent sun but I'm not sure how much it affects garden use as I've only ever lived in flats.

The most important factor is location, a north facing garden is a very minor issue.

Depends really how big/long the garden is. Our back is north facing, but it's pretty big,a bungalow,so in the height of summer, the sun is high up,goes over the roof and the north facing conservatory hits 44c. We did have a south facing back garden, quarter of an acre,so difficult to water,and most of the year,you couldn't use the conservatory.

We have a north-facing garden; in the winter it can get waterlogged but we don't really use it in winter.
In spring/summer/autumn we get sun at the bottom of the garden all day as essentially our back fence is south facing. In the late afternoon we get sun at the back of the house, & we need a shade as it gets too hot.
Having a cool kitchen is actually really good in summer when you need to prep. A friend who has a south facing garden/kitchen couldn't use it last summer as the kitchen was reaching mid-40s in the heat wave - no one wants to cook in that!
Our front garden is south facing & we grow Mediterranean herbs. Our back garden we grow various fruits, & things like honeysuckle & jasmine etc. we're planning to put a nature pond in the dampest darkest corner.
As other day a north facing garden isn't awful but a lot will Devon the surrounding houses & what you like to do in the garden.

My garden is north facing. I absolutely hate it. The house ticked every other box though. I would really try to avoid if I was buying again.

We have got a small, north-facing garden. We are not keen gardeners, so from that perspective it’s not an issue, but it’s obviously not ideal if we want to sit outside in the evenings in summer.
The garden was the biggest compromise we made when we bought the house. Otherwise, it was perfect and the reality is that had it been on the other side of the road (we live on a country lane which runs east-west between two villages) with a south facing garden, it would have been 10-15% more expensive and out of our budget.

North east, upward sloping, very long back garden here.

No problems with lack of sun at all. Our patio area is actually a real sun trap and everything grows like wildfire throughout the garden.

Been here 28 years and love the way it has developed in that time. 👍

I have a 150ft North facing garden, with nothing overlooking at the back or sides. I grow loads of flowers and veg. Remember that the back of the garden will face South, the sun moves from East to West and the garden gets sun as it moves round.
If the house is an average Two story then in the summer the sun is high in the sky and shine over the building.
Some photos of the garden. The pots are near the house.

When they talk about next summer being even hotter than that last one, I'd have thought that having some shade in the garden would be a blessing. Our garden faces due west and on sunny afternoons the heat on the patio is unbearable and we have to water the pots three times a day to stop plants shrivelling to a crisp.

We have a north facing garden but it is very long so still gets a lot of sun in the summer.
We have young children so find it beneficial having a sliver of shade they can play in during the height of summer.

It's an advantage if anything, as you can actually use the garden in the summer afternoon and not bake.

My garden is NE facing so a bit different but it gets sun most the day through summer, some parts do get shadier faster or for longer, but on a summer evening there is one corner that keeps the sun for ages.
i am in a semi-detached though, if it was a terrace I would probably get less sun

I think it depends on which part of the country you are in. I'm in SE England and we have a SW facing garden which is a bit too hot in summer afternoons/evenings. My brother had a North facing garden in NI though and it got very mossy and hard to make nice

I think it's depends on many things, if it's a large garden then yes I would. In the south, yes. We have an east facing garden, morning sun on the house. But I have to say with the heat we now get in the summer I am seriously grateful we don't have a west facing garden as the back of the house and patio are much cooler. So depending on where you are it may not be such a bad thing the way our climate is going.