Advantages of Houses with a Morning Sun Position
2 January 2023When buying your dream house and lot in the Philippines, there is one oft-repeated tricolon phrase that you'll encounter in real estate conversations: location, location, location. This emphasizes how location plays a major role in the desirability of a property for sale.
Besides location, you might want to consider another housing essential that is honestly not talked about a lot: your prospective house's orientation. You see, the direction that your home faces could also affect several aspects of homeownership: energy efficiency through the generous provision of natural sunlight, energy flow, cooling and heating aspects, and even home maintenance.
If you're here to know more about sunlight position in homes, you've come to the right site. Allow Lumina Homes to walk you through this article on house orientation.
Here Comes The Sun: Why People Look for Homes with Morning Sun Position
Orientation, orientation, orientation. To be fair, it's not a primary consideration that aspiring property owners look for compared to the superior benefit of an excellent location. However, it remains true that a structure's orientation is still of importance as far as receiving a generous amount of sunlight and reaping its benefits is concerned.
If you are one of the many homebuyers, and even homebuilders, who take everything into account to achieve the best of homeownership in a conveniently located neighborhood, feel free to make this your guide on the advantages of sun orientation vis-à-vis your home.
1. Natural light
Natural lighting is one major benefit that both existing homeowners and prospective homebuyers could reap in a house with a morning sun angle. The sun rises in the east, while a sunset materializes in the west. This means that the south side of any home, as well as its south-facing windows, will experience the most hours of generous sun energy during the entire day. This is especially true in the Northern Hemisphere, which the Philippines is a part of.
What is more, a south-facing house is especially advantageous during the winter season in the United States, where sunlight is at its notorious lowest. On the other hand, west-facing rooms will be at the mercy of the hot summer sun during the afternoon. And east-facing houses, while less intense, receive direct sun in the morning and will culminate by noon.
With all this being said, these are factual testaments to how sun orientation makes a difference when the need for sunlight exposure and natural lighting is taken into enormous account. In quick summary, a south-facing property orientation is the best for a warmer, brighter home. While north-facing homes tend to enjoy a cooler climate during summer.
2. Early direct sunlight exposure is healthy
It is public knowledge that exposure to direct sun in the morning has health-boosting benefits. Research suggests that the best time of the day to receive generous sunlight exposure is between 8 AM to 10 AM. Hours beyond that, specifically 10 AM to 4 PM, might cause detriment to the skin, such as sunburn and skin cancers, with its fiercer and more direct rays. There are other health-improving benefits that sunlight brings, such as:
A. Better sleep quality
During the hours when the sunlight is at its healthiest, homeowners can bask in the morning sunlight and attain a variety of health benefits. This includes better sleep quality - exposure to the early morning sun helps you slow down your melatonin production to render you fully awake. When nighttime comes, the evening darkness will signal your body to go to bed, hence regulating your wake-sleep cycle.
B. Vitamin D production
Another health claim that sun exposure brings is Vitamin D. Often associated with sunshine, this vitamin is as vital as oxygen and helps achieve cardiorespiratory fitness. To achieve the healthiest dose of Vitamin D, exposure of about 5 to 30 minutes suffices to maintain good health, although this varies from person to person. Vitamin D is also instrumental in maintaining bone health and boosting overall immunity.
C. Enhances mental health
It turns out that sun exposure during a specific time of the day goes beyond physical health benefits, but also eases the symptoms of mental health issues. This means that sun exposure helps boost serotonin levels, or what is often called the happy hormone of the brain. Sun exposure cannot magically drive a person's depression away, but it helps to improve one's overall mood.
3. Heating and cooling aspects
House orientation is not only crucial for reaping the rewards of direct sunlight exposure, but also for overall climate and warmth. It could be both beneficial and disadvantageous, but a south-facing home will receive most of the sun's heat, causing a bright, warm daylight to greet homeowners with a good morning.
On the other hand, north-facing homes gather most of the sun's heat energy through the back of the property. This means that a home with a north-facing house or north-facing windows can stay cooler in the summertime, while a south-facing house or south-facing rooms will be at the receiving end of the summer sun's heat, which is advantageous for natural light coming in, but could also be bothersome with its prolonged sunlight exposure throughout the day, which can cause heat stress and heatstroke.
4. Scenic view to welcome you in the early morning
Finally, house orientation also plays a role in what scenery you would have the privilege of witnessing during the day until sunset. This makes the cardinal direction in which your house faces a vital aspect during a home hunt in the country of your choice.
A fan of beautiful sunrises? Your house orientation will be instrumental in achieving a scenic view of the sunrise. If the house and lot property you're eyeing to own very soon are located near a natural attraction, you will be excited to wake up early in the morning, admire the scenery, and be motivated to work and reach the pinnacle of financial independence.
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If you're on the search for an affordable house and lot for sale, Lumina Homes offer a variety of house models in conveniently located communities from around the country. You can enjoy the relaxing perks of living in a suburban setting, all the while being in relatively close proximity to marketplaces, commercial establishments, schools, institutions, government offices, and leisure spots for the entire family.
Looking for a flood-free and safer community to live in? Lumina Homes also made sure that choosing the location for its housing communities took into account the resilience of houses in the face of typhoons. That said, Lumina Homes communities are generally flood-free. In addition, it has a guarded entrance and a 24-hour security service to make sure everyone within the community is safe and sound from outside threats.
Lumina Homes is a prime provider of an affordable house and lot, and backed by Pag-IBIG Fund after it awarded Lumina Homes the recognition as the Top 1 Housing Developer in the country. The first-ever Carousell Property Awards also recognized Lumina Homes as a top provider of affordable housing. All of these point toward the real estate company's enduring legacy as a dependable housing partner for Filipino families. Join our ever-growing community and become a satisfied Lumina homeowner by 2023!
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