YES the western sunsets are beautiful.....but dont kid yourself.....a western facing lanai is HOT and in most cases unbearable for 4-6 months a year. Highly suggest you experience this first hand to determine your tolerance to heat , humidity and sun glare BEFORE you buy your lot. If you are a snowbird, this issue is much less of a problem but if you plan to be a year round resident, lot location as well as lanai direction should be a major consideration. If you will be facing directly west, the problem can be more than just the lanai for the sun at a certain point in the sky will also come through the large sliding glass doors. In addition to the dirt and rain on the open lanai, I would guess the #1 reason to enclose a lanai with low e windows and AC would be to provide additional AND useable Square footage to you home......otherwise a western facing lanai is unuseable for a good part of the year.
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