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Originally Posted by Catalina36
Great Question, I have owned my home in The Villages now since Oct, 2020. That question did not even dawn on me till after I purchased my home. It's difficult enough finding the right house, the location to your neighborhood pool, shopping and town squares, etc.etc. Now you want to throw in the direction of the sun facing your house. Well my house faces North, and my garage stays cooler then the houses across the street which face south. I hear those homeowners with their house facing south complaing that their garages get really hot from the direct sun hitting their garage door. Some of those homeowners keep their garage doors open and they have screens covering the doorway to allow the heat to escape and keep the bugs out. I also noticed some homeowners installl vents in the lower panels of the garage doors for better air circulation. A worth while upgrade which I have is solar powered roof vents. I have 2 the previous owner was smart to have them installed to vent the hot attic. I also have a birdcage in the rear of the house which gets a lot of sun and sitting out there can get pretty hot. Now, if you ever decide to get solar panels on your roof you would most likely want a house with the rear roof facing south. So you dont have to look at those ugly solar panels from the street looking at your house. I hope I helped to answer your question.
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The author brings a lot of valid considerations that I agree with there are a lot more important considerations than how your house faces. And there's even more considerations such as do you want to be on a golf course how close do you want to be to the tee boxes how close do you want to be to the green how far away are you from the ball possibly hitting your house or property. Do you want waterview how far away from the water is your view. Believe me by the time you go through these considerations your head will be spinning and your options will become less and less and you'll be looking for years. That being said we have a west facing non glass Lanai (love the air) overlooking very close water with a golf cart path on the other side of the water and the sun sets are absolutely beautiful. We use this almost every morning for breakfast and probably at least half the time for suppers (eating out the rest). wouldn't trade the lot for anything else.