[starflyte1]

We have found the perfect home for us, except the rear with pool faces West.

The home has a covered area with a 12 foot overhang. Then is the pool with the pool cage. Then a very pretty water view.

Does anyone have a home with the back facing directly West? If so, how do you handle the sun?

What if we covered the pool cage with a tent like top?

I have always avoided this type of home, but wonder if the problem can be worked out. Would really like to find a solution. The home is almost perfect but for this one problem, a BIG one at that.

[Ruthtomnorma3]

A thought ..have you driven around the neighborhood to observe how other folks have solved their West sun view? Good way to meet potential new friends too...
Welcome to THE VILLAGES..

[perrjojo]

We lived in Texas most of our life and know that you NEVER want a west back yard. We now live in TV and found the perfect house. Guess what? We have a west back yard. We love being on our lanai in the morning reading the paper and having coffee. It's a trade off but we have learned to love the west back yard, especially in the winter.

[buggyone]

My sunroom faces East and it is great to have the sunrise view over the golf course.

West facing would be a deal breaker for me. That afternoon sun can be brutal.

Do not rush into a decision that you may regret down the road.

[RErmer]

We have a west facing house, hole 3 on Fox Run/Glenview course. Having lived in FL for 30 years before moving to TV, we were very apprehensive. LOVE the amazing sunsets and don't find the house itself was getting overheated. We did just add a Mitsubishi mini-split to the lanai to cool it in summer/heat it in winter, however, that's because we put some exercise equipment and a spa in the lanai. If it's the right house for you, I would go for it.

[philnpat]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

We lived in Texas most of our life and know that you NEVER want a west back yard. We now live in TV and found the perfect house. Guess what? We have a west back yard. We love being on our lanai in the morning reading the paper and having coffee. It's a trade off but we have learned to love the west back yard, especially in the winter.

And the evening sunsets are amazing!

[birdawg]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

We lived in Texas most of our life and know that you NEVER want a west back yard. We now live in TV and found the perfect house. Guess what? We have a west back yard. We love being on our lanai in the morning reading the paper and having coffee. It's a trade off but we have learned to love the west back yard, especially in the winter.

Agree with perrjojo. Beautiful sunset's, warmer in the winter most of the day the sun is on the south side of the home you have about a hour of real hot sun later in he day and it's not that bad especially if you have a pool

[graciegirl]

We enjoy our west facing lanai. We don't have a pool but installed black cooleroo shades that really cut the heat. We sit out there in the evening with a ceiling fan on and a floor fan too when it is really hot. Lovely in the cold months.

Any kind of canvas roof thingy would be very susceptible to the short but very damaging winds we can get here when a front is moving in. We have to put up our shades when a storm is pending because they literally could be ripped.

This is the second house we have had in The Villages with a west facing lanai.

When you are ready to buy, you are limited to what and where it is for sale if you want new.

[tommy steam]

West lanai, you will be amazed at the beautiful sunsets. My lanai faces west. I went out to Home Depot and bought four coolaroo blinds and installed them, if you can't they will install them for a fee. I might use them in the afternoon for an hr or so . They do a wonderful job of blocking the sun but letting air in.

[fb32162]

The lanai at our first home in TV faced East. Our current home faces West. I much prefer West as the sunsets are amazing. The overhang of the lanai shades the home and we haven't found a west facing lanai any warmer than the east facing lanai.

[new peeps]

The back of our home has a south west view with a water view and I agree with the other posters that the sun sets are incredible. The mornings on the lanai is great. There is a couple of hours in the summer that is not as desirable, but It is hot everywhere in Florida including the shade that time of day. LOL I would ask to see the house around 5:00 P.M. and around 8:30 P.M. Then you will get to see the worst if it is sunny and then the best view of a sun set that you might enjoy every night from your west veiw new home.

[tedquick]

My wife and I currently live in Omaha, NE. and the rear of our house faces SW. While it is hot in the summer it provides a wonderful place for that early morning ice tea and paper. We purchased a home a year ago in TV that faces exactly the same way. Both homes were/are on a golf courses and while it may be hot occasionally the good of facing that direction far out ways the bad. The sunsets are incomparable! It actually gets hotter in Omaha in the summer and MUCH MUCH colder here in the winter than it does in TV. Looking forward to the SW heat warming our lanai and Florida Room in the upcoming winters.

We can't wait to get there and start living the good life. Our move-in date is October 1st. We have been on this website for many months now and are looking forward to becoming actively involved herein. But even more importantly we expect to be heavily engaged in our new wildly-anticipated active lifestyle. Those of you with positive attitudes be careful as once we've moved and gotten ourselves settled I'll be looking you up.

We are leaving a church here that we love and are involved with many different groups of people. We will be attending New Covenant Methodist Church and hope to create similar relationships there as it is relationships that add additional layers of living to life itself.

Whoops! Sorry about that. I meant to merely extol the virtues of a home with a southwest-facing rear and got carried away. Life is great!

To the original writer, if you love every other part of the home, don't lose is because of a west-facing rear.

See you all soon!!

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Originally Posted by starflyte1

We have found the perfect home for us, except the rear with pool faces West.

The home has a covered area with a 12 foot overhang. Then is the pool with the pool cage. Then a very pretty water view.

Does anyone have a home with the back facing directly West? If so, how do you handle the sun?

What if we covered the pool cage with a tent like top?

I have always avoided this type of home, but wonder if the problem can be worked out. Would really like to find a solution. The home is almost perfect but for this one problem, a BIG one at that.

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[l2ridehd]

We actually looked for a West facing lanai because of the pool. It allows us to use the pool year around with just solar panel and some gas heat. We installed a Sunsetter remote controlled awning for those hot summer days. There is about an hour window when it is an issue, but the awning solved that. Very much worth it for the extension of the pool usage in winter.

Be happy to show you the awning and how it solves the issue. Just PM me.

[jojo]

We also looked for a west-facing lanai. We eat almost all of our meals outside - only 3 or 4 days a month in the summer is it too hot because we eat early. With the overhang I am comfortable reading under the ceiling fans any time of day. I have a collage of pics from the incredible sunsets. I believe it is the best orientation for a pool.