[Ooper]

That's it in a nutshell. Our lanai faces west and in the late afternoon, after the heat build-up, it is really hot out there. It is great to have breakfast out there in the mornings but not supper. If the house faced the other way, you could have both meals out there if you wanted. At breakfast time, the coolness of the morning is still with us, in the late afternoon, you are in the shade... which brings up another point. If you havea TV out there like we do, it is very hard to watch in the late afternoon with the reflections from the sun. I would much prefer a home with the lanai facing east.