[quote=bearishgurl][quote=faterikcartman]. . . As for my wife and I, we like it COLD in the house, so while we like natural light, we don’t want heat coming through the windows.[/quote]

faterikcartman, all things being equal, if you like the property (I know decent ranch-style properties are harder to find) and the room you will spend a lot of time in will be too hot for much of the year due to the sun burning thru a window, consider purchasing the property anyway and immediately installing “Low E” window(s). They have a slight green or grey tint (dep. on mfr) and argon gas between the panes and make a WORLD of difference in keeping the heat out of the home. There are federal tax credits available on the purchase of most models of these windows thru 12/31/10 (tax year 2010).[/quote]

I think we would be looking at the opposite issue here. We are looking at a house where the majority of windows and the backyard face north, not south. Moreover, there is already a huge covered area in the back.

My wife likes the house but I was worried we might get stuck with an expensive white elephant if such an orientation is a huge negative. Some here thinks so and won’t own a similar situated house again.

Given our personal interests I guess I won’t let that slow us down, unless some have some experience that suggests the value on such an orientation would be lower than an identical house with a different orientation.