East facing front door & west facing garden (rear)

Pow11890

Hi All 

We’ve reserved a home with east facing front door & west facing rear garden. This is our first home so just wanted some guidance on how the sunlight will be received based on the coordinates for the front & rear.  I would appreciate any advice on what light hours will be like on our plot & what time we will get light on each side if anyone can help with this based on their experience!! 

Thank you! 

Slithery

It mostly depends on the height and distance of any adjacent buildings, but http://suncalc.net/ is often a good start.

hazyjo

As above. I've had sunny North facing gardens! Depends what's around it.

Generally, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west so logically you'll have sun in the front early and in the back later. Don't quote me on it as you may have tall buildings around you!

canaldumidi

Pow11890 said:

Hi All 

We’ve reserved a home with east facing front door & west facing rear garden.

Sun rises in the East so shines on the front of the house in the mornimg.

Sun sets in the West so shines on the garden in the afternoon/evening.

Pow11890

Slithery said:

It mostly depends on the height and distance of any adjacent buildings, but http://suncalc.net/ is often a good start.

Thank you for the link! Will be sure to take a look into the link. 😊 

Pow11890

canaldumidi said:

Pow11890 said:

Hi All 

We’ve reserved a home with east facing front door & west facing rear garden.

Sun rises in the East so shines on the front of the house in the mornimg.

Sun sets in the West so shines on the garden in the afternoon/evening.

hazyjo said:

As above. I've had sunny North facing gardens! Depends what's around it.

Generally, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west so logically you'll have sun in the front early and in the back later. Don't quote me on it as you may have tall buildings around you!

Thank you both! So sounds like sun in the front part of the house in the am & the back in the pm part. Best of both I guess! 

TheJP

South facing gardens aren't always the best option, my last house was south facing rear garden and we couldn't find shade anywhere. Our current house has a north facing rear garden with no houses behind or to the left and it gets sun at different times of the day, plenty of growth and a good shade patch for the kids.

ProDave

For a working family that is a good orientation, your garden will get the evening sun, when you are home after work.

Lets hope the living room is at the back and the kitchen at the front, that is best layout for that plot orientation.

Pow11890

ProDave said:

For a working family that is a good orientation, your garden will get the evening sun, when you are home after work.

Lets hope the living room is at the back and the kitchen at the front, that is best layout for that plot orientation.

Hey, we’re wfh so yes! Deffo see the pros to this. Our layout for living space & kitchen is all open plan. So hopefully we’ll get the best of the light throughout the entire space as we plan to keep the living and dining spaced fairly light for light to successfully reflect. 

Pow11890

Thank you all! Any and all insight appreciated

Wyndham

You haven't said where in the country you are, and this can make a difference. There is quite a large difference in the amount of daylight throughout the year in, say, Kent or Shetland.

I'm in the North of England. My mother is in the South of England. At the moment she is getting around 1/2 hour a day more daylight than I am (December is not my best point in the year!) In June, I get around 1/2 hour a day more daylight than she does - and I love that!