Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Late Evening Sun - Which is sunny of the street - On the Ladder & at what times?
Just a quick question to those that live/lived on the ladder.
When does the sun sunshine in the back gardens on the RIGHT and on the LEFT (as if you driving up the Ladder from Green Lanes)
I've noticed the houses on the right hand side (North facing) also have sunny gardens in the lunchtime to early evening especially those situated above the passage towards Wightman Road.
How do your gardens fair? Been to view a few and the estate agents dont always show the orientation on the floor plan....
Thanks in advance for any info....
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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South west facing gardens are best as you get lots of sunshine when the plants need it (in summer). South facing is better IMHO because winters here are long and in the depths of them it's nice to see the sun once a day.
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Permalink Reply by Burgoyne Bec on
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We have lived on both sides of the road. I think it depends on a number of factors, not just whether you are north or south facing, such as the height of buildings around you, how far up / down hill you are, and the time of year (in June my North facing garden gets as much sun as my south facing garden did, but in February its only sunny at the rear section). If you are looking to buy then also think about whether you like sun in your living room area, if you do then homes with North facing gardens are far superior!
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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http://www.suncalc.org you're welcome
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Permalink Reply by Dee on
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Yeah so true. We viwing a south facing one below the passsge so in Left as you go up at 4.30pm and it was inthe shade and all North facing house was basking jn glorios sunlight
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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It's worth remembering that the Ladder is on an east facing slope. So the lower down the hill you go, the earlier a house will lose the sun in the late afternoon. Below is a screenshot from my Photographers' Ephemeris showing the path of the sun across the Ladder today. You can see that even at this time of year by 4:30, the sun has moved quite far to the west and may have started to be clipped by the higher ground in that direction (or of course there may have just been a tall tree!).
At that time, the sun is still coming in from the south-west however. So whilst the front of the houses opposite may have been bathed in sun, it's unlikely that their rear gardens were.
The light orange line shows the direction of the sunrise, the darkest orange the sunset and the mid-orange the direction of the sun at 4:30PM. (The blue is moonrise and set).
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A third of the Ladder is flat, from Sydney to Fairfax. Here the level of sunshine is more likely to be impacted by obstructions from trees or buildings. During summer, my south facing house will have sunshine at the front and in the north west facing garden for much of the day. By late afternoon when the front of the house is in shadow, the patio will be a heat trap before the sun is obscured by three storey terraces at the rear. In winter there is no sun in the garden from late October to mid February, but we get a decent amount of sun in the living room, where it is enjoyed at that time of the year.
We really wanted a south facing garden (still slightly painful seeing our south facing neighbours gardens basked in sunshine in the depths of winter) but as it turns out, the layout of the Ladder (look at a map and the rungs are all north west facing, especially in the north of the Ladder) allow north facing gardens to receive decent sunshine when it really counts from April to September.
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Good observations. We mid and south Ladderites forget that parts of the earth really are flat.
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Cheers. Think ill just have check the house out at different tines of tge day.
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And different times of the year!
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Permalink Reply by JoeW on
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Houses on the left with south-facing rear gardens will generally get more sunlight than those on the right, but most of the Ladder is on an east-facing slope so not as much sun as you might get otherwise. Note that the gardens on streets north of Beresford are a bit more south-east-facing so rear gardens on the right probably get a bit more evening sunshine.
Obviously there will be exceptions caused by surrounding buildings or trees and particularly as it's hilly e.g. if the next street down is higher up than you, you'll get less sun.
If you're planning a vineyard I'd suggest an even numbered house on Hewitt west of the New River :)
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