Will my new garden get any sun? NE facing with pics

movilogo

Thumb rule: if you want plenty of sunshine in garden, you need to buy a house with south facing garden.

SE or SW will also get good amount of sun.

North facing garden will get sun if it is very long but still bottom of garden will be in shade due to being in shadow of the house.

franklee

Direction only gives an indication it also depends on surrounding buildings hedges etc. Facing NE there's probably some morning sun and in the summer some afternoon sun. Can you ask the vendor, perhaps they have some summer photographs?

When I was selling I kept some sunny pics to hand to answer questions like this as my garden was NW facing but still too hot on the patio by the house in summer. The kitchen was hot on summer evenings.

I think a south facing garden would be too hot by the house for me and having young children playing in the shade seems a good idea. Sun in the front of the house if it goes into the main living room will be nice in the winter.

I_have_spoken

I had a house in Cambs that had a NE rear garden, the patio at the back never got much sun but the rest of the garden was OK; I has some 'steamer' style loungers on the lawn.

Just choose plants which are OK with semi-shade for nearer the house.

Now I have a house with a SW facing back garden, but it's in Scotland so there's not much sun either

L1900

We are already purchasing the house so have resigned to not having a very sunny garden - I just had wondered if I may get some. I like the odd hour in direct sun but my bf was not bothered at all, he much prefers the shade. Guess only this summer will truly answer the question.

hazyjo

Mine's north facing, so was my last. Sun comes earlier rather than later, and I've never regretted it. I love the sun, but frazzle if I sit out in it. If it's cold but sunny, it may mean you don't want to sit out as it'll be shadier. But on our lovely (rare!) really hot days, you'll be able to sit out without worrying about wrinkles/squinting and you'll probably find you use the garden much more like we do. You will get certain amounts of sunshine. My last one also had sun late afternoon when it dropped and crept round to the side a bit more.

Jx