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
We have an east-facing garden and are really looking forward to it! Drive through new housing developments and take a look at the houses with south(/west) orientation that don’t have external blinds. Around here, almost all of them have their roller shutters down even in February when the sun is shining because it gets too warm or too bright.
We can fully open our entire east-facing side from 11 a.m. and it gets really bright without the rooms overheating.
Of course, I can’t comment on what it’s like to look east onto a slope.
We can fully open our entire east-facing side from 11 a.m. and it gets really bright without the rooms overheating.
Of course, I can’t comment on what it’s like to look east onto a slope.
Winniefred23 Feb 2021 07:17Exactly. Because what do you do when you have afternoon sun in the summer? You create artificial shade.
In our case, half of the area still gets sun, and we always have a potential seating spot with sun until late in the evening. But we usually sit only in the shade. We also place the children’s pool where it is warmed by the sun until midday and then is shaded from around 2 or 3 p.m., when they want to swim. Perfect setup.
Where the sun is constant, the plants struggle to survive. In the shaded half, they get a few hours of protection from the blazing summer sun. I can only see advantages here and would never orient my house to the south.
In our case, half of the area still gets sun, and we always have a potential seating spot with sun until late in the evening. But we usually sit only in the shade. We also place the children’s pool where it is warmed by the sun until midday and then is shaded from around 2 or 3 p.m., when they want to swim. Perfect setup.
Where the sun is constant, the plants struggle to survive. In the shaded half, they get a few hours of protection from the blazing summer sun. I can only see advantages here and would never orient my house to the south.
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HubiTrubi4023 Feb 2021 07:43I would like to show you a screenshot or location, but I think that might be difficult due to data protection regulations, right?
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HubiTrubi4023 Feb 2021 08:32This should work, even if the quality might not be very good... The red frame marks the house or the garden (small rectangle)... the two
I had to rotate the second image for better visibility. It is therefore viewed from the west.
I had to rotate the second image for better visibility. It is therefore viewed from the west.
Winniefred schrieb:
Exactly. Because what do you do when you have sun in the afternoon during summer? You create artificial shade.Or you simply apply plenty of sunscreen and end up getting about two Pantone shades darker, like me.
Personally, a house facing east would be almost off the table for me. I experienced this with my balcony in my bachelor pad and quickly got tired of sitting in the shade from 1:30 p.m. onwards. Especially in spring, it also gets chilly quite fast then.
In the end, it remains a matter of personal preference.