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Originally Posted by JohnN
We have been in Florida for 17 years now. The first 4 years we were in a patio villa as snowbirds, so didn't matter so much.
When we moved to our courtyard villa, the orientation was VERY important to us, that Florida sun is hot hot hot.
So, our lanai faces NE and we love it, shady all late morning and all afternoon. So is the rear of the house which is our living area and primary bedroom. The front of the house gets the south and west sun, fortunately it's the garage and a covered front porch.
I vote for the NE lanai , I wouldn't consider anything else unless you're a sun person. But it is hot, baby.
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We have a CYV with front door facing north. Original lanai on the east side which we expanded across the back - facing south. We love this. In the summer, the sun is never directly in the south facing section (its path is to far north). but it is in the winter!! Our master BR also faces south, so great sunny spot for our cats during the winter and shady all summer. I would not ever want west facing, as even with the high north path of the sun in the summer, the west side gets very hot in the afternoons.