Will this house get sun?

Miss_$

Hi All,
A house has come on the market that we are very keen on.
Trying to work out if the garden will get much sun, the house we are in at the moment gets sun most the day and into the evening which is lovely in the summer.
I can't work out which way the house is facing from a map, so i have tried to look on sun calc, (see picture) I have set it to the sun position at 12, and it looks like the sun will set to the side / front of the house.
Do you think the garden will get sun during the day?
Thanks
Sarah

martinsurrey

We cant answer with what you've given us, how long is the back garden, how tall are the nearby houses, how much tree cover is there nearby.

What time of the year are you interested in?

getmore4less

Without a google maps link no one can tell where the house/garden is

Even then for early morning and late afternoon/evening it depends what's east and west.

steeeb

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Hixon+Pet+Supplies/@52.8296799,-2.0002528,149m

3mph

Our previous house the garden faced NNW. We got sun in the back even fairly close to the house throughout the day for 4 to 6 months. It totally depends upon how high your roof line is relative to ground levels.

BUT we were really grateful since we have a conservatory, which had Pilkington double glazed roof and walls and with the special Infared blocking tint. It was the ideal temperature throughout summer although we needed to open doors and put a fan on when really hot day. Had the garden been south facing then I suspect that any conservatory would have been unliveable for a lot of the summer.

We would avoid a south facing garden if we were moving into a house again so.

AnotherJoe

Ive just tried it for my house which is in a very similar position relative to compass direction.

Looking at SC you might think I'd get no sun in the garden, but thats wrong since it has no nearby houses at the back so in the summer most of the garden is sunny most of the day and there is always sun in the garden somewhere. (in winter, the house does shade the garden a fair bit and when it doesn't its low enough theres not a lot of sun)

However if it was situated in a nearby road facing same direction it might well get little sun because it would be shaded by other houses

So, you need to look at it and establish its position relative to other houses and natural features.

ReadingTim

The aerial photos on google maps don't show too much shadow, but they'll have been taken in the middle of the day in summertime when the sun is as directly overhead as it can be, and shadows shortest. You can see this from the greenness of the trees

By contrast, the aerial view on bing.com/maps shows all the gardens of the houses on the north side of Sycamore Drive between Elm Crescent and Martins Way in deep shadow. This photo appears to have been taken during the autumn, as per the browning of the leafs of the trees and the red, gold and brown hues of the photo suggests.

ellie27

North Facing garden. Your patio area is likely to be in the shade most of the day. They top end of the garden may get some sun.

Thats is my guess.

I wouldnt buy this house, south facing only for me. (but we are in Scotland!)

booksurr

ellie27 wrote: »

I wouldnt buy this house, south facing only for me. (but we are in Scotland!)

blimey, do you mean you actually get the sun in Scotland

ellie27

booksurr wrote: »

blimey, do you mean you actually get the sun in Scotland

Yes, but only because I bought a house with a south facing garden! We are having some fine weather just now, don't know what Storm Doris will bring us tomorrow though!

hazyjo

Mine's north facing, but there's not much to the west so we get the sun later in the day, and the front of the house is sunny and light all day. Being strawberry blonde with freckles, it does me a favour as it's never roasting overhead all day, although we do get plenty of sun as it sets. I like being able to find some shade to sit outside for hours. I could barely manage 5 mins in my last house! Would only want a south facing garden for re-sale purposes. Personally I don't care what way it faces.

Go for a viewing on a sunny day (haha!) and see if it's sunny in the garden.

I always think that the garden behind it (if there is one) is south facing - so does it really make that much difference having a fence up between the two?! If there's more light at the bottom, just use that as the seating area.

Jx