House with an east facing garden - to buy or not to buy?! Advice needed

[DaisyDoo]

Is a house with an east facing garden dark inside in the day and the garden does notget much sun? Advice/experiences much appreciated. Thanks

[beck]

If I've got this right ( the front of you house faces west?) Then the back of your house will get the morning sun, half of your garden will get the sun all day ( a south facing border) but the other half will be in shade - in the evening ( depending on the height of your house) there will be a sunny spot at the end of your garden to catch the evening sun and the sun will come in the front windows of your house. - Not too dark if you sit in the room getting the sun

[Norfolkvillas]

Our garden faces East South-East and we get tonnes of full sun between Feb and Oct - it's only during the winter months where the sun dips behind surrounding houses and doesn't fill our whole garden. The front of our house doesn't get direct sunshine during most of the day, but doesn't feel dark because of it.

[DaisyDoo]

Thanks so much for your advice. It's a very long garden so should have sun at the end of the garden.

[LondonMix]

It completely depends on the size of the garden and what's around it. Even a south facing garden will be dark if its surrounded by tall structures and is small.

Sounds like you should get sun in the morning at the front of the garden and the back should be sunny in the evenings. That can be quite nice as kids can play in the shade near the house and the patio at the height of summer will be cool for when you want to eat etc without needing an umbrella.

I definitely wouldn't make that a deal breaker.

[DaisyDoo]

Loup long garden so it should be possible to have some sun in the garden. I hope there is some light inside the house too. Many thanks.

[LondonMix]

You should have morning sun unless there is something blocking light getting into the house. If the rear of the house has been extended and there are skylights / velux windows, you'll have light all day. Good luck with your purchase.

[first mate]

Check to see if neighbours have extended or have had loft conversions. If not, and depending how close they are,you may experience a significant change in light if they build later- especially if you are looking at a mid terrace.

[srisky]

As others have mentioned, it's not really possible to say how much light you will have. We have a north facing garden, so in theory we shouldn't have much sunlight, however, we actually have sun throughout the day as we have nothing on either the east or west sides blocking it out.

If the south side of the east facing garden is not overshadowed then you may get quite a lot of sunlight.

[????]

We have east garden (long) not an issue at all - I can only imagine it's an issue if you have the south blocked by surrounding buildings or trees as srisky says. April-Oct we get sun almost all day from the south and reasonable late sun at the bottom of the garden in high summer.

[LondonMix]

Yes, I agree the block would have to be from the south side. Try going for a viewing before work if the owners will allow it and you can check it out.

[DaisyDoo]

Thanks so much for all this advice. I am really positive about it now 😊

[????]

My only caveat is if you have a side return that faces north on an east facing house then that bit can be a bit damp and dark and not much good for plants etc :) - but that's not the garden

[klove]

We've got a north facing garden... East facing is the dream!