Searching for a new home, help

MadHops21

lolo883 said:

MadHops21 said:

I actually have thought of some of that. We drove by a place last night (it's near where my parents live, ick). It's also on my drive to work, so this morning I noticed the sun hitting the front of the house because it faces east pretty dead on. I noticed no snow in front and the path was clear, while the neighbors facing north still had snow and ice. And the light would filter into the master bedroom, which is nice because my bedroom never has light from facing north. 

It's weird how little things like that can make things better when looking. I never truly thought of that, but I guess in the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted my bedroom to have sun coming in because I never had sun in my room, always have to use a light in the morning and evenings. And afternoons, really. 

Well you can't have it all... your bedroom will only have sun in the morning and afternoon if it faces south. But depending on where in the house your bedroom is, that may mean that your kitchen is always shaded, or your front porch. 25% of your house will always be in shade, and 50% will only get one or the other but not both morning and evening sun. That seems to be an entirely nitpicky thing to concern yourself with when you're so early in figuring out how to even get started. I wouldn't take that into consideration unless I had narrowed it down to two otherwise comparable houses, or was building.

Oh, I'm not. It's just a plus. That's not even on my list of things to look at when searching for homes. There are more important things to figure out than where the sun would hit.