North East Facing Garden

mrstemperton

Thank you for all your replies. I feel loads better

ProDave

When I bought my first house, I waited for the next phase to be released so I could get a West facing garden (sun in the evenings when I got home from work) rather than an East facing garden.

I would also want to look at the layout of the house. It staggered me that in many cases builders build the same design of house in any orientation, meaning if I had bought the wrong plot, I could have had a north facing living room. In your case I would want to be sure the living room is at the front (though south facing garden and living room at the back is much better)

CathA

In all the houses I've bought, orientation of the garden has never been a thing I've ever considered. Can't think of many of my friends who have, tbh?

Roland_Sausage

ProDave wrote: »

if I had bought the wrong plot, I could have had a north facing living room. In your case I would want to be sure the living room is at the front (though south facing garden and living room at the back is much better)

Nothing wrong with a north facing living room. We used to have a west facing living room, and struggled to see the TV on those bright summer evenings, due to the sun shining right on the screen.

The north facing living room we have now doesn't have this problem, but still lets plenty light in.

glasgowdan

A great many people don't care too much for the garden so resale shouldn't be an issue because of that.

It will be a very shady garden, but that doesn't mean you won't enjoy having it. I had a NW facing garden, about 20m long, and it did get quite sunny a lot of the time.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

RHS suggestions for a shady garden: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=100

Personally I love ferns so would see it as an opportunity.