North east facing garden

[kirinm]

Would it put you off a house? For context it is our preferred area and not a lot comes up. There is also a 70ft tree at the end of the garden in a neighbouring property so we can't reduce its height.

Partner really likes gardening.

Yes I would be put off. Our garden faces south so we spend more time in these brightly-lit cheerful rooms (which also require less heating). The tree would endlessly frustrate me.

It's put me off. And we are pretty desperate as our place is sold.

The EA was also really off putting. We were in the place with 3 other couples. Didn't even get offered the opportunity to go into the garden. We were just being told how many people were going to try and buy it.

The EA’s pressure suggests to me desperation to sell. Keeping you out of the garden is very telling.
Find somewhere else or rent until you do. This one isn’t for you.

My rear garden is NE facing and I’m not going to lie the sun only gets it all until about lunchtime.

what I will say though is my garden is very small at the back so the shade comes from the house. If it was twice as long it would be fine as we don’t have any other buildings at the rear just dozens of other gardens.

On a plus side out front is very secluded so it’s less of an issue.

how big is your garden? The tree would actually put me off as it’s similar to a building for shade (and all those bloody leaves at this time of year).

It depends on the size of the garden and the placement of the kitchen. If it's detached with a lot of space around it, no problem. If it's terraced or a semi with a short garden and the kitchen at the back, it could be a problem.

We had an east facing garden for our first house together and after that would never consider a garden that wasn't west or south facing - we enjoy being outside in the summer (for whatever summer we get!).

I guess it depends on how much it matters to you and note it can be a turn off to buyers if you will be selling in future.

Go back for another viewing maybe if you weren't able to get in the garden before

The tree would put me off more - especially as it's not yours so you have no control over it and 70 foots a whopper.

It's 65ft apparently but the tree is right at the bottom of it. It's a terrace so houses all around.

Oh and yeah there's an extension at the back which is where the kitchen is and where you'd inevitably want to spend most of your time.

If it's a terrace the light will only come from that direction in the kitchen. In detached houses it doesn't matter as much as you can have multi aspect windows in a room. If the extension has any roof lights though that would bring a lot of light in. I get a huge amount of light in from some north facing ones.

I only consider south or west facing which would rule me out as your potential purchaser if you proceed. Of course not everyone feels as I do but I’m not alone. It’s worth a thought.

We had north facing in our previous house and this one. I actually like it as it's lovely and cool and there was sun at the end of the garden. We had our patio down there in our old house and We're going to put a second patio in this one.

We had massive veluxes in the kitchen extension though so it was super light in there.

The tree would put me off a bit though. Sorry.

Unless the garden was huge and there was plenty at the front as well I wouldn't consider it.

Currently have a 100ft NE facing garden. Huge tree two doors down blocked all of our evening sun. They had it removed this year and the different has been incredible. Sad as we loved the birds but now we get loads of sun all day as the west side is now completely clear. It has put us off ever buying near any big trees in the future. A friend of mine has a west facing garden my perfect orientation and again no evening sun due to the trees at the back of her garden belonging to the house behind.

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest

North east gardens can be beautiful and also means you suffer less during the ever hotter summers

Is it significantly cheaper than one across the street with the preferred orientation?

Really not something I've struggled with - particularly this summer.

Nope. Exactly the same price.

No. Our garden is like this, and its downward sloping too. We've just learned to grow different plants and savour the little sun traps.

What sort of tree is it? A great conifer or something like an oak or chestnut? If it is at the very end of a NE-facing garden, it won't trouble you with shade.

If the tree is at the end of the garden then it won’t be casting a shadow over your garden, it’s your own house that will.

What kind of tree, conifer worse than deciduous usually for sapping light and water below. are there high walls/ fencing or shaded by houses? I'd go and have a look at around midday if you can to see best case scenario, sun wise. I'd absolutely have a look (apologies, I can't tell from post whether you've seen it or are considering viewing).

You could do a lot with semi shade planting, a natural pond maybe, ferns, but I would want to know that NE facing doesn't actually mean plunged into deep shade by other surrounding structures and you might need to see it to be sure

Alternatively/ also, are there allotments nearby with availability for additional gardening if the house is ideal but not the garden?

Pretty sure it's a sycamore. We are in a conservation area and there are loads of huge self seeded sycamores: