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Old 04-20-2018, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Jdmiata View Post
Consider this.......
The front of my home faces west. In the summertime the door handle gets so hot you can’t touch it.That’s hot hot it gets.
You’ll need some shading if you want to use the lanai in the afternoon.
I prefer a more or less north facing lanai to minimize the heat which builds up throughout the day. Yet I love to watch beautiful sunsets over a body of water or a golf course fairway so...

Having lived in a few sunny localities I would not want a house with a west facing window over my kitchen sink. One of my aunts had that in her San Diego home and the late afternoon sun was tough to deal with streaming through the window as she was preparing dinner.
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