Would you buy a house with an East facing garden?

ickster

Thanks - so much to consider. We've got to make a decision today on a new build and it hasn't been sunny here for the last 4 days so haven't been able to check whether garden gets sun!

Keep your experiences coming east facers!

auntie_brenda

ickster wrote: »

Thanks - so much to consider. We've got to make a decision today on a new build and it hasn't been sunny here for the last 4 days so haven't been able to check whether garden gets sun!

Keep your experiences coming east facers!

If it's a new build I assume it has small garden. Unless it's a corner plot, which may extend your options (depending on where other houses, garages are), I wouldn't buy it.
Running horse - the location (i.e. good area) and way the garden faces are equally important to me. As is a very quiet situation for the house. If all 3 are not ticked I won't even view (unless the garden is v long or a corner plot). That's why I'm still here .

pickles110564

We had a bungalow with east facing garden and our garden got sun no problems and if it got to hot we used to cool down on patio in the shade.

barrymoney

Hi-
My experience is basically the same as others have said. I quite like my garden, though only the top end is in the sun all day. The shadow of the sun covers the rest from about 2pm onward I think, I can see that it may be an issue for someone wanting to sit out (near the house) in the evening/late pm sun. The top end is more overlooked, but it does get the sun all day.

Last summer I was rather glad the back of my house was in shade later in the day, it kept the lounge and bedroom bearable. Hmm, the only other downside for me is blazing sun through the rear bedroom window, making me wake up too early :rolleyes:

kacy75

I think an east facing garden is lovely if its nice and long. We use to have one. We had a patio area by the back door which was lovely to have breakfast and then as the sun moved up the garden so did we. Have to say not sure what the length of it was but it wasnt huge! (although probably big to compare with a new build) HTH

Tickergirl

As others have said, it depends on how long your garden is and how/where your neighbour's houses and trees are positioned.

We have just moved to a house with an east facing garden. TBH the garden was the most disappointing thing about the house when we viewed because it's smaller than we would have liked, but the house ticked all the other boxes & had a great location so we figured we had to compromise somewhere.

The top and one side of the garden get sun till about 16:30/17:00 at this time of year. Earlier in the year when the sun was lower it only stayed till about 15:00. If our garden was longer the sun would reach it till later. My DH likes it because it's cool in the evenings but I have to admit it would be nice to have the sun more in the afternoon or evening.

Overall would I go out of my way to pick a house with an east facing garden - no. But if the house matches or exceeds all your other requirements, and you don't think it will affect resale value, then it would be something I would compromise on.

olly300

From:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module1/light1.shtml

* North-facing gardens get the least light and can be damp
* South-facing gardens get the most light
* East-facing gardens get morning light
* West-facing gardens get afternoon and evening light

The problem with the new build is that if your neighbours all start growing trees/large ferns in their gardens even if you have good light now you may not in a few years time.

BTW the front of my property is is East facing. My back and garden is west facing. The front loses light by mid-day. And is quite dark and gloomy which will be good in summer as I won't get too hot as my bedroom is at the front.

The back, west facing which includes the kitchen and garden doesn't get "nice" light until about 11am However it is light all day even though I'm surround by large trees.

Strangely all the properties I've lived in with gardens have only ever been South or West facing.

prudryden

I suppose, it all depends on the size of the garden.

scope

The direction of the garden was very important when we bought our house..

Our previous house had a West facing garden which was great as we had the from late morning until it set, and perfect when having bbq, or you wanted to sun tan, etc..

Our new house has south facing which has sun from morning until it sets, which again, for us, is perfect.. I know some people like east facing because you get the shade, but the problem is that you ALWAYS get the shade, with south/west facing garden you can atleast create your own shade if you wish to, and sun if you want.

My mother in laws garden is east facing and to be honest it is terrible, as she looses the sun late morning, and the garden is dark and alot colder the rest of the day..

We only viewed houses with South, Southwest or West facing gardens, I wouldnt even consider a north/east facing garden.