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Hi,
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
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I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
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Originally Posted by Yorkshire
Hi,
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
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I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
yes yes u need to look for a norht facing one!!!! i was astonished the first time!!!
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Originally Posted by Yorkshire
Hi,
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
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I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
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Originally Posted by The Bloke
From what I have seen, a great proportion of properties have a northeasterly facing aspect.
There are screeds written on orienting a house. To get the best aspect (so you get minimal heat in summer and max heat in winter), you have to take into account: latitude, window height, eave width, what type of trees to plant for optimum shade/sunlight etc. It goes on and on..
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This reminded me of a visit to Brisbane in 2000 that included a bus tour to Mount Coot-tha. I recall the guide pointing out the headstones on the graves and that most or all of them faced in the same direction. However, I couldn't hear the explanation of why due to the party atmosphere on the bus!
So, I am curious, is this common throughout Australia and does anyone know the explanation?
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Originally Posted by Yorkshire
Hi,
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
This might seem crazy and obvious question, but.....
In Aus, Do you buy a house with a North facing garden to get all the sun, as you would by a south facing one in UK
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I know, silly question, but my head coggs are turning.
Yorkie
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Originally Posted by SuperSeagulls
I'm glad you asked that! I ws thinking the exact same thign as I was sitting in a south facing garden loving the sunshine...
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If you have an acreage, the direction your gardens face becomes a bit irrelevant.
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I'm not being smug, cos I DONT have an acreage. But I got told that by an estate agent when we were viewing an acreage property. Condescending look and all that from the estate agent. Got the Silly boy, stupid question look
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we dropped in lucky with ours, the house sits facing more easterly than north easterly (ne-e?) It'll be great in summer coz it also sits in the shadow of a mountain, but it's gonna be bluddy freezing this winter as the shadow drops the temperature faster and earlier during the evening.
It's a lot more important over here to consider which way your house faces when you buy one... something i couldn't give two hoots about back in the UK.
It's a lot more important over here to consider which way your house faces when you buy one... something i couldn't give two hoots about back in the UK.
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we dropped in lucky with ours, the house sits facing more easterly than north easterly (ne-e?) It'll be great in summer coz it also sits in the shadow of a mountain, but it's gonna be bluddy freezing this winter as the shadow drops the temperature faster and earlier during the evening.
It's a lot more important over here to consider which way your house faces when you buy one... something i couldn't give two hoots about back in the UK.
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It's a lot more important over here to consider which way your house faces when you buy one... something i couldn't give two hoots about back in the UK.
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yeah, but when you own acreage the size of canberra (like someone i could mention
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Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins
yeah, but when you own acreage the size of canberra (like someone i could mention
) you can always have a couple of houses built to face whatever direction you like!!!!
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Originally Posted by txmogga
This reminded me of a visit to Brisbane in 2000 that included a bus tour to Mount Coot-tha. I recall the guide pointing out the headstones on the graves and that most or all of them faced in the same direction. However, I couldn't hear the explanation of why due to the party atmosphere on the bus!
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come on it's not that big! Tammy said we should walk round the boundaries when we get the keys to check all the fencing and stuff,.... hmm i told her i better start going to the gym again then.. ![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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.....and take a fortnight off work just to make sure you get round it all!!!!
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