If you can’t afford to buy a house like this, don’t buy it!

Opening reminder: This article has a lot of useful information, the kind that will make you choke!

Although it is choking, it is very helpful for you to buy a house. It is recommended to chew it carefully!

If that doesn’t work, just order boiled water or Erguotou and watch while you’re at it!

After reading the plan, asking about the supporting packages, and understanding the price concessions, are you ready to buy a house with your credit card?

Hey, wait, have you thought about this question clearly?

That is about a question that you often want to ask, but have little understanding of:

——House layout orientation.

What do you think about the orientation, what impact does it have, and how should you choose?

Today’s article will explain it clearly to everyone at once.

Do you really understand "sitting north and facing south"?

The so-called north-facing house is simply a house located on the north side with the door facing south.

Since the high-rise courtyards of ancient dignitaries were all flat courtyards, the overall lighting surface of the house or the courtyard gate faced the south, which is the standard north-south orientation.

Now, if your house in a big city wants to be located in the north, the probability is slim.

After all, they are all high-rise buildings, and not many people in the courtyard can afford them.

As a result, many people only pay attention to "facing south".

Facing south means that the door faces south. Why is it facing south? In the past, Feng Shui taught that sitting north and facing south complies with the way of heaven, so that you can get the aura of the mountains and rivers, and receive the brilliance of the sun and the moon. .

But why face south now.

It means good lighting and good ventilation.

As an academic real estate research analyst, I would like to use geographical common sense to explain to you why it is good to face south.

As shown in the picture below, China is located in the eastern part of the Eurasian plate in the northern hemisphere and north of the Tropic of Cancer. The sun's illumination angle is southerly, so south-facing houses have more lighting.

In addition, most of our country is located in the East Asian monsoon zone, which determines the seasonal wind direction of our country, which is "southeast in summer and northwest in winter."

South-facing houses have smooth ventilation in summer and can avoid the cold north wind in winter.

With sufficient lighting and good ventilation, it is not surprising that "south-facing" has become the most popular choice.

But south facing is the best, is it really?

Houses facing south do have plenty of lighting, but many people ignore this problem:

In the hot south, too long sunshine time is also a sweet "burden".

After a whole day of scorching heat, the south-facing house is like a big steamer. After a tiring day's work, opening the door is another kind of "torture."

In the architectural sunshine analysis model, the effective sunshine time for a house facing south is from 9 am to 3 pm. At this time, every time the building deflects 15 degrees to the east or west, the sunshine time in the afternoon or morning will decrease. It will be reduced by half an hour accordingly.

South to east or south to west can effectively reduce part of the lighting time, which is a better choice for southerners.

The difference between choosing to go east or west lies in whether you choose to bask in the morning or in the afternoon.

It is generally believed that south by east is better than south by west. Anyone who has experienced the western sun will understand this truth.

So facing south is not necessarily the best. Sometimes the southeast is better than the south.

Facing south is not necessarily the best, but facing north is definitely the worst.

Because a house facing north really doesn’t get much sunlight in winter.

The sunshine time is short in winter, the sun rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest, and there is basically no sunlight in the north.

The sunshine hours are long in summer, and the sun rises in the northeast and sets in the northwest. However, due north, you can receive slant sunlight in the early morning and evening.

So, in winter, a house facing north feels very cold. You may not feel it even if there is heating in the north, but as soon as you enter the house in the south, you will feel that it is several degrees colder than outside.

In the north where there is no heating, north-facing houses are more deadly.

You can’t get any sunshine during the day, so you can only wait for the howling Siberian north wind to knock on your window.

At this time you will find that it may not be the alarm clock that wakes you up, but the whistling north wind.

Ok, let me make a summary here first, because I am afraid you will be confused.

The south direction is not necessarily the best, but the north direction is definitely the worst, unless there is a beautiful resource landscape.

Then I will also summarize the advantages and disadvantages of each orientation for you to give you a basic understanding:

Due South: South-facing rooms have plenty of sunshine and good weather conditions in winter. Light and good ventilation from north to south can keep the house transparent and dry.

Southeast: Southeast-facing apartments have good lighting, and have good lighting in winter and can avoid longer sunshine hours.

Zhengdong: There is sunlight in the morning, but the overall ventilation is also poor.

Southwest: good lighting, but will be affected by western exposure.

True North: North-facing units have poor lighting, which may cause the house to be damp and cold in winter, but cooler in summer.

Direct West: West-facing houses have problems with western exposure. Summers are sultry, but the lighting time is short, and the house ventilation is better.

Northeast: The northeast direction has better lighting, but the sunshine time is shorter in winter.

Northwest: Poor lighting and poor ventilation.

Finally, let’s give a ranking, when living needs are the biggest pursuit.

The order of house types: southeast, due south> southwest> due east> due west> northeast> northwest> due north.

Among the south-facing and south-facing house types, there is a top-notch house type.

Everyone loves it, that is what everyone often hears: transparency from north to south.

As the name suggests, the meaning of transparency is to maximize breathability and ventilation and reduce indoor stuffy heat and humidity.

Since both sides are transparent, the interior will be brighter.

Once the windows on both sides are opened, the air will circulate, and the indoor atmosphere will take on a new look, so cool~

Among these, it is best to have a fully transparent apartment facing each other in the north and south, even if it is not a double apartment. Balcony, one window and one balcony are also good options.

It is not transparent in the north-south direction, but it is also good to be transparent in the east-west or other directions.

It really doesn’t work. If the transparent surfaces are not facing each other, and there is an oblique angle or offset, there will also be convective wind, but it will be slightly worse.

The worse one is the blocked "fake transparency", which greatly reduces the convection effect.

However, judging from the current market, houses with north-south transparency generally only appear in houses with slab structure, and there are fewer towers. However, if the design is really good, it can also be encountered in front-end households. This type of house is transparent from north to south.

Of course, everyone has their own opinions on this type of apartment choice, because everyone is in a different city, so there is no absolute in the choice of apartment type.

For example, the summer in the south is long, and home buyers will be more concerned about excessive sunshine and western exposure.

In high-temperature areas such as Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou and Changsha, a west-facing house becomes a sauna at 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, relying entirely on air conditioning to survive.

But this situation is just the opposite in the north.

Take Heilongjiang as an example. The ice-free period lasts for 6 months every year. Summer arrives late in June and leaves in a hurry at the end of August. Winter is cold and long.

In the eyes of northerners who long for warmth: Western sunshine? Doesn't exist!

Similarly, in the Sichuan Basin and northeastern Yunnan, due to terrain restrictions, these areas have more water vapor and less sunshine, so they do not care about the problem of western sun.

Furthermore, transparent houses facing north and south are not the first choice for people in the Northeast. In some areas, houses facing east and west will appear, which can not only enjoy the warmth and sunlight, but also Perfectly protected from the fierce northwest wind.

Moreover, northerners prefer to choose middle houses. Compared with side houses, although the lighting and ventilation are not good, there is less heat loss and it will be more energy-saving and thermal insulation.

The orientation is important, but it does not have to be copied.

Remind everyone that the sorting of orientation is useful for most ordinary houses, but it is not absolutely useful.

When we look at many real estate projects, we should know a situation:

When developers build houses, they will definitely consider decontamination. If everyone knows that houses facing purely north are not good, , what should I do if I don’t even buy it?

So developers sometimes place good resource landscapes in the north direction, just to facilitate decontamination.

For example, river views and sea views are placed in the north or west direction. At this time, the value of ventilation and lighting is not that great, and the value of resource landscape may be greater.

This is the developer's routine, so do you pay for lighting and ventilation, or do you pay for resources and landscape?

You have to have a steelyard in your heart.

Xishao Sea View Room

In addition, we should also pay attention to the situation outside the window. For example, the orientation is very good, but the window is close to the rail transit, there is noise, or there is a safety hazard near the telephone pole. What should I do? ?

The direction is really not that important at this time.

So again, there is no absolute advantage in orientation, everything must be based on the actual real estate situation.

We all know that in the new home market, the bargaining power of houses with poor orientation is indeed worse.

To exaggerate, I have seen that a south-facing house is 5,000 more expensive per square meter than a north-facing house.

So does this situation still exist in the second-hand housing market?

Let’s look at an example first:

Take the two apartment types in Agile Lakeview in Zhongshan as an example

The two apartment types are almost the same size, and the southwest-facing one The total price is 80,000 yuan more than that facing northwest, and the unit price is 1,020 yuan/square meter higher.

Let’s look at another set of cases:

The size and layout of these two apartments are basically the same. The total price of the southeast-facing one is 92,000 yuan more, and the unit price is 977 yuan more per square meter. .

So does orientation have an impact on the premium of second-hand houses?

Yes!

But is it strong?

Not necessarily.

The impact of orientation on value is generally highlighted through the combined effect of floors, decoration, landscape, building age, etc.

Currently there is no accurate statistical data that can prove that only one factor will have a great impact on the second-hand housing market.

I discovered the above two sets of cases after comparing them on the intermediary platform for a long time. Generally speaking, developers will design different house types for different orientations.

Comparing the price differences of second-hand houses with different apartment types and different orientations is obviously not convincing.

In the above two sets of cases, there is indeed a price difference between houses with different orientations, but the higher-priced units not only have an advantage in orientation, but also have an advantage in floors.

In addition, the impact of decoration standards and usage on pricing cannot be ruled out.

It’s a very simple truth. For the same house, if the decoration materials and styles are different, the price listed by the original owner will be different.

Therefore, the inference that the orientation has an impact on the price of second-hand houses is not necessarily accurate.

In other words, the factor of orientation may not be as big as we think in the premium of second-hand houses.

Okay, let’s summarize it at the end.

The article is very long and technical, so I’m afraid you won’t be able to read it all at once.

Concerning the choice of orientation, north and south are the best for transparency. In summer, the southeast is the most exposed to the sun. In winter, the southwest is the least exposed to the cold. The north is the worst.

Secondly, we need to pay attention to the facing landscape, noise, substation and other unfavorable factors, which will directly affect the living experience.

Finally, orientation is important, but not as important as you think.

The biggest impact of Xiangfang is reflected in the comfort of own residence, but if you invest, from the perspective of resale, Xiangfang’s ability to provide a premium for second-hand houses is not strong unless you have a strong enough resource landscape. .