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My house faces West. I like it because the master bedroom, and kitchen are in the back (facing East), so the sun rises in the morning and helps wake us up.
Also, during the afternoon, our house blocks the sun, so the deck is shaded (around 1-3PM), so that's helpful.
i get this question alot, "which direction does the house face?" this is because certain cultures have superstitions about the way a house faces (front door) Chinese or feung sheui cannot have a north facing house and Indian like it to face south east
This is common in our area too. The listing agent will start the house narrative, "Beautiful south facing colonial........"
On open house Sunday, it is not unusual to see home searchers driving around with compasses on their windshields.
We live in Texas, where the sun appears to be bright in all four directions. I like lots of light, so I don't mind east/west.
I live in Texas too, and the sun definitely is everywhere lol. If it were possible, I would want less sun (contrary to most of you) just because of cooling costs in the summer.
It depends on your climate. Here in the south, I would not want a house facing south, the hottest direction. My house faces East and gets morning sun, but is shaded on the west against the afternoon sun. The south has no windows to shield against the heat. If I lived in a frigid climate, I would want the southern exposure.
I live on the prairies and my house faces north however I have a porch with the entrance facing east, and the back (side) door is facing east. The sun rises in the east, into the kitchen and in the evening I can look out the west kitchen window and watch the sun go down in the mountains...
I do prefer a north facing house the south is at the rear and good for growing small amounts of veggies.
In the north windows I have rubber insulated drapes, keep the warm in during winter and the heat out in the summer....
they are open more in the summer and closed in winter, the south windows are the reverse, you would be surprised at how warm / cool the house is in appropriate seasons, seldom have the furnace above 68F (any time it goes below -25C I will go up to 70F) If the house gets hot in summer I know it is close to 100 then ALL windows and blinds drapes etc get closed down super fast! (no A/C) but I do have a swamp cooler and it is incredible and VERY inexpensive to cool things down, just make sure you have ice cubes for arid areas not for humid areas. Great for an RV too!
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It depends on your climate. Here in the south, I would not want a house facing south, the hottest direction. My house faces East and gets morning sun, but is shaded on the west against the afternoon sun. The south has no windows to shield against the heat. If I lived in a frigid climate, I would want the southern exposure.
I dunno. I like my houses to face all 4 directions. A house that faces only one direction is some sort of odd space-dimensional wormhole or something. :-P
If you built a house on the North Pole then all 4 walls would face only one direction (south).
I prefer a south facing house with a deciduous tree or two in front. The tree shades the house in the summer and lets in sun in the winter. Besides, in Colorado, it is usually sunny, so when the sun comes after the snow, I don't have to shovel the front walk.
I'm in Utah now. A 'south' facing driveway is preferable here. We have one. HUGE difference. A foot of snow or more, and, with sun, our front, driveway is clear before noon. Across the street, feet of piling up snow.
I lived in Ohio for 32 years with all gray winters, with dirty snow. gray, no sun, direction isn't an issue.
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gray, no sun, direction isn't an issue.
