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 18:08ypg schrieb:
Otherwise, I actually wanted to take a look at the floor plan to see how much space is available inside the house.
And start there, because the drawing is quite confusing. ...do you mean the floor plan of the house itself or how it is positioned on the plot? I’m not sure how much that will help though.
HubiTrubi40 schrieb:
However, I’m not sure if that will get you very far Without seeing it myself, I’m not sure either.
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HubiTrubi4023 Feb 2021 20:56I took a look at the sun path side... it’s true that in summer it might be significantly better since the shadow is shorter there, but on the neighboring property there is more moss than grass, and the other plants are mostly shade-loving species.
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HubiTrubi4023 Feb 2021 22:42ypg schrieb:
Hmm... it’s February!
It looks completely different in summer!
But if you have a bad feeling, you shouldn’t force anything.
Otherwise, I actually wanted to look at the floor plan to see how much sunlight reaches the house.
That’s where you should start, because the drawing is quite confusing.
You also don’t really know if you have already checked solar position tools, or anything like that. The initial question about whether it is dark is a bit confusing. Basically, nowhere in the garden is truly dark when the sun is shining—not even in the north. It’s just different: diffuse light. The drawing is not accurate either... I just sketched it roughly as I pictured it in my mind, so it’s nothing official. I can show you the floor plan, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post it here. As I said, it’s quite possible there’s less shadow in summer, but since the garden is flat and there is a wall against the slope at the east end, this will likely increase shading. Shadow definitely has advantages, but I think the adjoining living room will be darker because of it, especially in autumn and winter.
Our garden faces east and we also have a large number of windows facing south. There is a flat-roofed house 6.60 meters (22 feet) away to the south, which is exactly as tall at 6.60 meters (22 feet), and we already get some direct southern sunlight inside the house. In summer, the sun shines in all day, so we need to use shading. From early afternoon, the sunlight comes in from the west. In the garden, you can always find a sunny spot. Only in the afternoon around 2 to 3 pm does the sun disappear behind our own house, casting the terrace into shadow. However, in the evening, the back, eastern end of the property still gets sunlight. It’s never dark there!
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