Opposite houses blocking Sun ☀️

Hi Everyone,

My first thread, so please be kind !!

Im about to buy a south facing garden, but during survey on first look it seems the house behind might shadow my garden and downstairs all together.

My question is if this will be temporary as sun moves from east to west? Or because it's January the pics are taken it looks so bad as Sun has not elevated enough??

Pics taken around 13:00 to 14:00

Thanks in advance

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum.

With the sun at almost its lowest point, think you are seeing the worst of the shade, though that tallest house is the one giving the most shade around midday,

Very difficult to be sure, but would think in full summer all of the patio and at least half the lawn willl be in full sun for most of the day as the sun will be higher than those houses.

Depends on you view point, but some shade can be quiet welcome at times in these hot summers and lots of plants enjoy being in semi shaded areas.

 

Yeah, it will change dramatically in a couple of months time.
You might even be looking for a shady spot to sit in come July.

 

Welcome to the forum!

@ricky101 and @pete are absolutely correct. The house next to me (south west side) blocks the low winter sun most of the day in the winter and then in the summer, I get plenty of sunshine from about 10a.m. on. My battery array is proof of just how much a difference it makes as my solar panels are on that side of the house and my batteries are pretty much depleted right now due to lack of sun. In even just a month or so, they'll be back to collecting full power.

 

Welcome. The houses opposite are similar to those opposite me. For most of the year, I get full sun in my garden.

 

Welcome Nikhil.

I lived in a rented place temporarily whilst house hunting and pine trees on the south side stopped all sunlight from September to March.

 

Looking at those pics, bearing in mind the time of the year too, I wouldn't worry one bit. In fact if we get anywhere close to those 40°C temps again this summer you'll be wishing you lived next door to a skyscraper to give you as much shade as possible. Lol.

 

I also wouldn't worry. Everyone covets the south facing garden with full sun. Of course it's nice to have a sunny area, and I'm sure you'll have one once the sun starts getting a bit higher in the sky. But full sun without interruption at all in summer is not all it's cracked up to be. My front garden is an example. Front is south facing, back is north facing. Guess which one grows best and is nicest to be in. I've been here for over ten years and despite persistent efforts, I struggle to get anything to survive out front, while the back is like a different world, all green and lush.

 

@Nikhil A warm welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

Same here - in Scotland!

 

Hi there @Nikhil and


We have a similar situation ,at the moment we have shade until around 1pm however in the Spring/ Summer we enjoy full sun with very little shade in the main garden area.

 

Hello and welcome to GC forums

I agree with everyone else, you don't want full sun all day.