North West Facing Garden

Peggy123

I wonder if anyone can help me. I'm about to buy a house with a small (about 20ft I think) north west facing garden.

The house I'm buying is three storeys tall, and directly behind the garden is a neighbouring two storey house (i.e. the garden doesn't back on to a neighbours garden, instead there is a building immediately after the garden).

Realistically, can I expect to get any sunlight in the garden? I work during the day, so it wouldn't be the worst thing to miss out on the sun during these hours, but can I expect to get a little sun in the late afternoon/evening?

Also, does it help that the house is at the top of a steep hill?

Any comments or advice would be much appreciated!

ACG

Mine is S/SE facing. I get the sun in my garden until around 6ish... 6.30 if i go to the end of my garden.

So based on that I would say you will get the sun from about 6.15pm until it goes down enough for your neighbours houses to block it.

RAS

Go and look at the garden (even from outside) during the evening.

rosyw

Providing the neighbouring houses don't block it you should get sun in the evenings, my garden faces north west, most of it gets sun during the morning and afternoon but at this time of the evening I get the sun streaming into the back of the house, am currently sitting in my living room with the patio doors open and the room full of sunlight :T

verulamium

You will be getting some sun in the evening in the summer, not such during the winter. On a plus side your back room won't be boiling hot during the summer. It also depends on how dense your area is with buildings and trees.

When we bought our house I used this site to check where the sun will be. http://suncalc.net

Annie1960

It depends on how tall the building behind your garden is, and how much sun, if any, it blocks. It may also depend on whether there are any tall trees blocking the sun.

The only way to be sure is to go and have a look. Fortunately, the evenings are light at the moment, so it will be easy to check. Make another appointment to view and say you want to check the position of the sun, somewhere between 6 and 7pm should do it.

Billie-S

Yep you will definitely not get any sun between mid late October and Mid April. Our back garden is 15 feet long - the side is 30 feet wide and the front is 20 feet long. (Weird garden!) But the upshot is that we get NO sun in the back during those 6 months.

Peggy123

That's helpful, thank you. The suncalc website seems to show that we should have sun from about 3pm onwards, which is good! Just worried that the house immediately at the end of the garden will block it all!

Annie1960

Peggy123 wrote: »

Just worried that the house immediately at the end of the garden will block it all!

That is why you need to go and inspect it yourself to see.

Mickygg

Arrange a viewing at 7pm. Hey presto.

Contessa

My garden is NW facing. It's a good size and there are no houses behind us.

I'd say we have sun for most of the day and have never regarded the aspect as a disadvantage. In fact, Id never even thought about it until reading posts on here!

Although I'm moving and now that I know that aspect is something to be considered I do look at the aspect.