ᐅ Room Layout for a House with a Northeast-Facing Garden – How Is It in Your Case?

Hello,
I am looking for real-life experiences or others who have faced the same challenges on this topic.

How have you solved the issue of wanting to look out from the living area into the garden while also ensuring that area receives light and sun?

Please, no theoretical considerations—I am already familiar with those. I am interested in practical insights: what is daily life really like with your chosen layout, pros and cons included.

For better understanding, attached are the site map and initial plan. The house will be 8 meters (26 feet) wide on the narrow northeast side and 11 meters (36 feet) on the long side. The street runs southwest.

I don’t understand your question. Is it about the lighting inside the house? Or the garden and how it is used?

More windows for more light. Otherwise, it gets too dark. Your orientation is roughly the same as ours.

@Myrna_Loy, as the title says, this is about the room layout. How did you solve it?

@haydee, did you choose the living area mainly on the west side for evening sun or on the east side for morning sun? Are you satisfied with that?

We have also taken your orientation into account.
The living area is located entirely in the rear part of the house, allowing us to make use of both the west and east sides.
By the way, I find the term "fellow sufferers" inappropriate in this context. We deliberately chose not to position the garden and thus the main living space facing south – our roof terrace with a southwest orientation had a strong influence on that decision.

Thank you for your reply @saralina87. Is the north corner of the house very dark? We were considering placing the utility room there, but then, of course, the view of the garden would be lost...