[quote=sdrealtor]Portions of my backyard face northeast. I turn my sprinklers off in the winter and it is still a frozen tundra/swamp. I would never buy this orientation again. I can pay to cool my house with A/C in the Summer but I cant buy sun in my backyard in December.
Like the dude says, it all depends upon what you like.[/quote]
I guess if you have a Carmel Valley-sized back yard, the house shadow covers the whole thing. If you have a Clairemont-sized backyard, you can still have sunlit grass in the Winter 🙂
