We were two or three houses into our TV house hunt when I downloaded a compass app on my phone to make sure we would get an east-facing lanai. Even in our MI condo it is too hot to enjoy a west-facing deck in the afternoon. Ours faces east; the condos with the west-facing decks all have their shades drawn in the afternoon. It doesn't take too much direct sun, even in the north, to heat it up and make it unbearable.
I like enjoying the morning sun on our TV lanai, then sitting on the little front porch facing west as the sun sets. My husband even put a remote control apparatus in the lamp so we can turn the light off out front when we sit out. Oops, don't tell anybody!
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