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Old 01-31-2012, 02:37 PM
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Default Go east, young man...

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Originally Posted by kathyzapp View Post
Gene,

When we were looking for a house, one of the requirements was that the lanai face east. We liked a few spec homes, but they all had west facing lanais. We finally built in Sanibel and have an east facing lanai.

Good luck with your house hunting!

Kathy
"East" was my original thinking for the lanai, simply to keep the hot afternoon sun shaded on the lanai. But I wasn't sure my thinking was 100% correct for TV, since we don't live there yet (but soon).

I know the sun's placement differs, based on the season. So that was part of the reason for my asking the "directional" question.

That said, do you think (overall) an east-facing TV home has more marketability? It apparently did in your case.

Gene