North facing garden and living room

comeandgo

I've never seen a living room with no window before, not something I could live with but must make furniture arrangement easier.  

ripplyuk

I’d really like that living room. It’ll feel very cosy and be perfect for watching tv without any light reflecting off the screen. You’ll be able to fit furniture in any arrangement you like and there’s no issues with privacy. 

Mojisola

You could price up how much it would cost to put a window in the wall between the lounge and the sitting room.

SameOldRoundabout

Personally I wouldn’t want an internal living room. The extension room is quite small and the larger room does seem quite gloomy. The garden would be fine I think, but I’d be really put off by that room. 

Avalanche123

I would open it up a bit more to the extension or put spotlights into the ceiling. I am sure you can get ones that are supposed to be like natural light. It will be a bit cold, we have a north/east facing living room. Get a good blanket and you will be fine

gboy25

Avalanche123 said:

I would open it up a bit more to the extension or put spotlights into the ceiling. I am sure you can get ones that are supposed to be like natural light. It will be a bit cold, we have a north/east facing living room. Get a good blanket and you will be fine

Yeah I was thinking that with some extra lights it may brighten up a bit and be cozy and practical too

gboy25

SameOldRoundabout said:

Personally I wouldn’t want an internal living room. The extension room is quite small and the larger room does seem quite gloomy. The garden would be fine I think, but I’d be really put off by that room. 

Yes this is a worry for me in terms of maybe trying to sell on in the future. If it puts people off too much

gboy25

ripplyuk said:

I’d really like that living room. It’ll feel very cosy and be perfect for watching tv without any light reflecting off the screen. You’ll be able to fit furniture in any arrangement you like and there’s no issues with privacy. 

Yeah I can definitely see pros and cons to the room. It's just hard weighing up what will work for me and what will be good/bad to try and sell on one day in the future. Tough decisions!

seven-day-weekend

That internal room will be horribly dark.  The adjoining bungalow to mine has an extension like that, making the existing room with no window to the outside.  Even though it has a window through to the extension it is like a cavern.  It would definitely put me off.

scottishblondie

We have an extension that has resulted in a living room with no windows. However, the back of the house is south facing, plus the wall has been opened up almost right across the width of the room.  The living room is still dingy. We’re installing an extra large skylight in the extension to get more daylight in to the living room.