East facing front door & west facing garden (rear)

pumas

Even better if one side of the house faces south.

UnderOffer

We are in the South East and have an East facing front and West facing back garden. Really love this positioning, compared to our previous house with a South facing rear garden which seemed too hot in summer with rear rooms baking hot and stuffy. 

Things I’ve noted though:
Milk - we now use an insulated box as found in the summer months it was curdling before we could get it indoors as it was delivered before 6am and the 1 hour before getting to fridge was too late, and milk seemed to smell off, box sorted this. 
Curtains - at front of house living room, these are kept closed for most of morning as the sun is too bright when using this room, even now in winter months too. Especially as we are now working from home, but by 12 noon sun has moved to side of house we then open curtains. 

Bedrooms at front - as soon as it is dawn and any sort of gap in curtains felt like a laser beam of sunlight directly at your head whilst sleeping, easily sorted with the addition of thicker curtains and a blind. 

Wind/cold - the front does seem to get a battering in colder weather, I heard the weatherman refer to a cold spell as ‘beast from the east’ and really noticed it. Same with Wind, it seems to shake the front of house and rattle the gates continuously. 

Anyway, like I said really enjoy the positioning of property and the above things are only minor which we noted since moving in. 

Pow11890

Wyndham said:

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!

South east based in Hertfordshire 😊 

Pow11890

UnderOffer said:

We are in the South East and have an East facing front and West facing back garden. Really love this positioning, compared to our previous house with a South facing rear garden which seemed too hot in summer with rear rooms baking hot and stuffy. 

Things I’ve noted though:
Milk - we now use an insulated box as found in the summer months it was curdling before we could get it indoors as it was delivered before 6am and the 1 hour before getting to fridge was too late, and milk seemed to smell off, box sorted this. 
Curtains - at front of house living room, these are kept closed for most of morning as the sun is too bright when using this room, even now in winter months too. Especially as we are now working from home, but by 12 noon sun has moved to side of house we then open curtains. 

Bedrooms at front - as soon as it is dawn and any sort of gap in curtains felt like a laser beam of sunlight directly at your head whilst sleeping, easily sorted with the addition of thicker curtains and a blind. 

Wind/cold - the front does seem to get a battering in colder weather, I heard the weatherman refer to a cold spell as ‘beast from the east’ and really noticed it. Same with Wind, it seems to shake the front of house and rattle the gates continuously. 

Anyway, like I said really enjoy the positioning of property and the above things are only minor which we noted since moving in. 

We will also be south east based so this is some interesting & excellent insight! all noted! 

Glad to hear all things positive about this combo of east/west 😊 
Thank you so much for commenting as it’ll be useful to get the correct curtains/blinds in place per room. 

Wyndham

Pow11890 said:

Wyndham said:

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!

South east based in Hertfordshire 😊 

You'll probably be all right whatever then, good luck!

Quite frankly, looking out of the window this morning, from any direction, it's a grey, northern, dark sky! On days like this I feel I should be able to write to the 'gods of daylight' (or whoever) and demand a refund for a defective product

Slinky

UnderOffer said:

We are in the South East and have an East facing front and West facing back garden. Really love this positioning, compared to our previous house with a South facing rear garden which seemed too hot in summer with rear rooms baking hot and stuffy. 

Things I’ve noted though:
Milk - we now use an insulated box as found in the summer months it was curdling before we could get it indoors as it was delivered before 6am and the 1 hour before getting to fridge was too late, and milk seemed to smell off, box sorted this. 
Curtains - at front of house living room, these are kept closed for most of morning as the sun is too bright when using this room, even now in winter months too. Especially as we are now working from home, but by 12 noon sun has moved to side of house we then open curtains. 

Bedrooms at front - as soon as it is dawn and any sort of gap in curtains felt like a laser beam of sunlight directly at your head whilst sleeping, easily sorted with the addition of thicker curtains and a blind. 

Wind/cold - the front does seem to get a battering in colder weather, I heard the weatherman refer to a cold spell as ‘beast from the east’ and really noticed it. Same with Wind, it seems to shake the front of house and rattle the gates continuously. 

Anyway, like I said really enjoy the positioning of property and the above things are only minor which we noted since moving in. 

UnderOffer said:

We are in the South East and have an East facing front and West facing back garden. Really love this positioning, compared to our previous house with a South facing rear garden which seemed too hot in summer with rear rooms baking hot and stuffy. 

Things I’ve noted though:
Milk - we now use an insulated box as found in the summer months it was curdling before we could get it indoors as it was delivered before 6am and the 1 hour before getting to fridge was too late, and milk seemed to smell off, box sorted this. 
Curtains - at front of house living room, these are kept closed for most of morning as the sun is too bright when using this room, even now in winter months too. Especially as we are now working from home, but by 12 noon sun has moved to side of house we then open curtains. 

Bedrooms at front - as soon as it is dawn and any sort of gap in curtains felt like a laser beam of sunlight directly at your head whilst sleeping, easily sorted with the addition of thicker curtains and a blind. 

Wind/cold - the front does seem to get a battering in colder weather, I heard the weatherman refer to a cold spell as ‘beast from the east’ and really noticed it. Same with Wind, it seems to shake the front of house and rattle the gates continuously. 

Anyway, like I said really enjoy the positioning of property and the above things are only minor which we noted since moving in. 

Front faces east, rear faces west in our house. Unfortunately we have no South facing windows. I open up our curtains front and back as much as possible to let the light in - we are at least blessed with 1960s large windows. It certainly helps with a bit of solar gain heating on a rare bright winter's morning.

I love the evening sunshine in our back bedroom, although it can get very hot in the summer. The front one does get the sun very early in the summer as we're a long way east. 

JGB1955

If you have young children you won't appreciate their bedrooms being on a south or west facing wall.  Not only will the rooms get over heated in the summer, they won't get dark until late - unless you have very good blackout blinds/curtains.

GDB2222

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.

Surely, everyone knows that the sun rises in the East and sets in the West?  Surely?

youth_leader

I went on a viewing with an agent who didn't know GDB2222, he actually googled it on his phone to check.  

Rosa_Damascena

youth_leader said:

I went on a viewing with an agent who didn't know GDB2222, he actually googled it on his phone to check.  

You must ask yourself whether this character was the right person to sell you a home!

OP - my first home was the exact opposite, front door due west and rear due east and yes the rear started getting dark from shade from midday onwards, which meant I never really enjoyed my garden. The paint on the front door flaked and chipped in no time, so would require repainting regularly. It was also a pain watching TV in the evenings. 

The garden to my current home is south facing and that was a deliberate choice, I really loved the heat the attached conservatory brought with it. 2022 will be my first summer with an orangery instead - in fact 2 - and I cannot wait to feel the sunshine pour in. Throw those curtains wide (not that I have or need them, my space is private ).