North or North-East?

Posted by deebs on March 8, 2010, 5:00 am

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We are buying a new-build on a development. There are two houses up for
grabs
with 60 foot gardens.

One of the houses has a North facing garden and the other has a
North-East
facing garden.

Which would you choose?

PS we are in South London.

Thanks

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deebs

Posted by Bob Hobden on March 8, 2010, 12:23 pm

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"deebs" wrote

> We are buying a new-build on a development. There are two houses up for

> grabs with 60 foot gardens.

> One of the houses has a North facing garden and the other has a

> North-East facing garden.

> Which would you choose?

> PS we are in South London.

Whichever you choose with a 60ft rear garden you will be able to have a
patio/sun trap in the sun, just have to be down the bottom of the garden
instead of near the house. However you must look at how the sun reaches the
garden, how many other buildings, trees, etc shade it. Check it at different
times of the day. If there is a sunny spot down the garden right now it will
be better in the summer when the sun is higher.
Our garden is NNE facing and much shorter than yours, it's not a problem,
you just have to choose the right plants for a bit of shade, or rather, lack
of direct sun. Some of the plants I grow would not like it any other way.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Posted by Paul Luton on March 9, 2010, 5:18 pm

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On 08/03/2010 17:23, Bob Hobden wrote:

> "deebs" wrote

>> We are buying a new-build on a development. There are two houses up for

>> grabs with 60 foot gardens.

>> One of the houses has a North facing garden and the other has a

>> North-East facing garden.

>> Which would you choose?

>> PS we are in South London.

> Whichever you choose with a 60ft rear garden you will be able to have a

> patio/sun trap in the sun, just have to be down the bottom of the garden

> instead of near the house. However you must look at how the sun reaches

> the garden, how many other buildings, trees, etc shade it. Check it at

> different times of the day. If there is a sunny spot down the garden

> right now it will be better in the summer when the sun is higher.

> Our garden is NNE facing and much shorter than yours, it's not a

> problem, you just have to choose the right plants for a bit of shade, or

> rather, lack of direct sun. Some of the plants I grow would not like it

> any other way.

In a similar situation we find that a trough of alpine saxifrages
(apiculata etc)does very well near our back windows - with practically
no direct sunlight. They burn up anywhere else. OTOH the greenhouse
needs to be halfway down the garden.
Paul

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CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames

Posted by Sacha on March 8, 2010, 12:53 pm

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> We are buying a new-build on a development. There are two houses up for

> grabs with 60 foot gardens.

> One of the houses has a North facing garden and the other has a

> North-East facing garden.

> Which would you choose?

> PS we are in South London.

> Thanks

I'd buy the one that gives you the most privacy and the most light in
the house. There are lots of plants that can be grown in many
different conditions, including shady gardens, so I wouldn't put that
concern at the top of my personal list if I had to make the same choice.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Posted by gardenlen on March 8, 2010, 12:58 pm

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g'day deebs,

just as a casual observer and one who looks at aspects when buying
homes, for us down under the northern around to eastern aspects are
ideal as they give us good sun (providing no obstacles like taller
buildings or trees), but without winter sun the vege's don't grow.

but if you aren't into vege's then as another poster said choose your
plants wisely.

having said that then for you up there the southern to eastern aspects
would be the ideal, not only for the garden but for the home as well
to get that suns warmth into the home over winter.

so if those 2 aspects you mention are the only options then i'd
suggest the north east aspect sounds the better.

On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 05:00:19 -0500, deebs
snipped
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len

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

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