West Facing Garden

markavfc2

Hi all,

I am looking to buy the house as shown on the attached google maps image (shown in the middle of image marked red). Am I right in thinking the garden is west facing and if so what time of day could I expect to get sun in the garden.

Any help much appreciated.

Mark 

TheJP

Impossible to tell from a picture what direction the garden faces. If you have a smart phone many have a compass app (iphones do), could go back to the property and point your compass app in the direction the garden faces.

I have a north east facing garden and the whole garden gets sun at different times of the day, this works better for us than the south facing garden we had before where there was no escaping the sun. Tricky when you have a toddler.

There is a website that you can add your address and find out the sun coverage in your garden, where the shade will be etc.

FYI our north east facing garden has lots of plants and shrubs that manage fine.

TheJP

Also recommend removing the picture with the full address on it.

markavfc2

TheJP said:

Also recommend removing the picture with the full address on it.

Thank you I have changed the image. The new image shows a compass with north in red so I am pretty confident now it is west facing.

Thrugelmir

Although the garden faces west. You appear to have no obstructions to the south. Part of the garden will be sunny the majority of the day. Make different seating areas. Does that tree at the bottom require lopping? 

TheJP

Agree investigate whether the tree needs maintaining, looks pretty big. Looking at the picture the garden has sun but the patio doesnt, perhaps as Thrugelmir pointed out put some different seating areas in the sunny end. Best of both worlds.

markavfc2

Thrugelmir said:

Although the garden faces west. You appear to have no obstructions to the south. Part of the garden will be sunny the majority of the day. Make different seating areas. Does that tree at the bottom require lopping? 

Thanks for the reply. Yes it will need lopping.

Mac_70_

The sun rises in the east. If you want the sun in your back garden most of the day, you'll need a the back of the house facing south. If your house is facing west (back garden east) i'd say you'll get the sun mostly in the evenings (during summer and less as you approach winter). 

daveyjp

The aerial image appears to have been taken on a sunny day in summer around midday so you can see how much sun the garden is getting.

fiveacre

If you know or can guess the heights of the surrounding buildings, this can model the sunlight for any time of the year.

http://shadowcalculator.eu

bbat

I'd love this garden. Looks like you'll get sun in different parts of it different times of day (depending on how tall trees are etc). Having a mix of sun and shade for hot summers is great.
In the height of summer it will have lots of sun. I have a narrow short north facing strip as a garden, and live in a vicorian-ish terrace so a small building. In the summer most of the garden has sun midday ish.