Hello everyone,
I am currently considering purchasing a planned semi-detached house with a plot of land (I have already written about this in another topic here). My question and concern is the following: it is a sloped plot (slight incline), so part of the basement can be used as living space facing west, which I really like. However, the garden at the back faces east. That means it is level but against the slope, so this part will be flattened. Now my question: does anyone have experience with an east-facing garden? It would still get light from the south (from the side). I am a bit worried it might be quite dark. Since I have never had an east-facing garden before but almost always a south-facing one, which was practically always too hot, I wanted to ask for your opinions. Thank you very much!
Best regards,
HubiTrubi40
I am currently considering purchasing a planned semi-detached house with a plot of land (I have already written about this in another topic here). My question and concern is the following: it is a sloped plot (slight incline), so part of the basement can be used as living space facing west, which I really like. However, the garden at the back faces east. That means it is level but against the slope, so this part will be flattened. Now my question: does anyone have experience with an east-facing garden? It would still get light from the south (from the side). I am a bit worried it might be quite dark. Since I have never had an east-facing garden before but almost always a south-facing one, which was practically always too hot, I wanted to ask for your opinions. Thank you very much!
Best regards,
HubiTrubi40
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HubiTrubi4023 Feb 2021 13:45No, they are level... so on the same plane. The developer is building both halves.
Winniefred23 Feb 2021 13:55Why do you assume that the garden will always be shaded? There isn’t much neighboring construction above that area. If you look at it that way, I would say there is a house to the south that would cast a shadow on your house.
We have the same situation, and I’m very grateful for it. There’s no midday heat on the house. Of course, if you’re someone who loves the sun and feels great at 30°C (86°F) and above, then that could be a downside. In that case, you would probably need a plot where there are no neighboring houses to the west and south.
We have the same situation, and I’m very grateful for it. There’s no midday heat on the house. Of course, if you’re someone who loves the sun and feels great at 30°C (86°F) and above, then that could be a downside. In that case, you would probably need a plot where there are no neighboring houses to the west and south.
icandoit schrieb:
Is the house the right size? I thought you’re not allowed to build that large? What if the same size is built again on the plot.Oh, you wouldn’t believe what’s possible nowadays. The plot just has to be expensive enough.Winniefred schrieb:
Why do you assume the garden will always be shady? There isn’t much neighboring development above. If you think about it that way, I would say there’s a house to the south that would cast shade on your house.
We have the same situation, and I’m very glad about it. No midday heat on the house. Of course, if you’re a sun lover who feels great at 30°C (86°F) or higher, then that could be a downside. In that case, you’d probably want a plot with no neighboring houses to the west and south. To the south there’s at least 6 m (20 feet) distance from the house. You will definitely have sun in summer. In winter, when you would want it, probably not.
HubiTrubi40 schrieb:
...probably won’t help much either:
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Winniefred23 Feb 2021 14:11icandoit schrieb:
In the south, there is at least 6 m (20 feet) distance to the house. You will definitely have sun in summer. In winter, when you would like it, not really.
Why not just say it like that. Are you sure about that? We have significantly more than 6 m (20 feet) distance, and the neighboring house still casts shadows sometimes in summer, thankfully. It is as tall as ours, two floors. Distance... hmm... I estimate about 8–12 m (26–39 feet).
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