Patio in north-facing and main entrance in south-facing, why?

[Klockanpå]

We are looking at a newly built house (2023) that is super nice and very luxurious. It has an unobstructed view in all directions, but a country road passes by from the east, south to west, which means that cars have "view" of the property when they drive by. This implies that most of the house's sunlight hours run parallel to the road, from midday sun to sunset. The house has its patio and its largest windows facing directly north, so the sun briefly passes by in the morning and evening during sunrise and sunset in the summer months.

So given how the road runs and if you want to maximize privacy, the placement is optimal, but if you want to maximize sun hours, it's not.

What are your thoughts on such a thing? How do you justify such a large investment? Shouldn't one have just bought another plot to build on, or what are we missing?

 

[TypRätt]

We are looking at a newly built house (2023) that is super nice and very elaborate. There is an open view in all directions but a country road passes by from east, south to west, which means that cars have "view" towards the plot when they drive by. This means that most of the house's sun hours are parallel to the road, everything from daytime sun to sunset. The house has its terrace and its largest windows facing directly north, so the sun briefly passes by in the morning and evening at sunrise and sunset during the summer months.

So given how the road goes and if you want to maximize privacy, the placement is optimal but not if you want to maximize sun hours.

How do you think about such a thing? How do you justify such a large investment? Shouldn't they just have bought another plot to build on or what are we missing?

Hard to say something without a picture, but a guess is that they find the noise from the road disturbing and having large windows that pick up more noise is not so smart, or the choice of large windows on the north side was precisely to bring in more light as there is less direct sunlight. It could be that they owned the plot previously or that there was a house there before which makes it possible to build. It's not always possible to just create a new plot if, for example, it is agricultural land; you can't just suddenly convert it to plot land.

 

[tensiden]

Those I know with houses that have large south-facing windows find the sun to be a major concern during the summer. The windows are covered, they look into awnings and sail shades, and they apply film to prevent heat radiation.

So perhaps they have realized the problem and simply found their solution to it.

 

[K. L]

A terrace facing north is probably the most optimal; you can use it on summer days when it's the hottest outside.
Otherwise, it gets too hot to sit there when the sun is blazing.
If you want to sunbathe, you have a sun deck.
That's how we have it at our home.