Advantages Of South Facing House Designs

 A south facing home is great as it saves you a lot of money on the electricity bills. This is because the house gathers a lot of heat during the day. The heat is then released during the evening thus ensuring that your house is warm even during the cold months of the year. Since you don't use any electricity to warm the house, you save a lot of money.

Consideration When Designing The House

For the house to look good you need to consider a number of things. For example, you should ensure that the main door is located at the southern direction. When it comes to the kitchen you should ensure that it's constructed in the southeast direction. If impossible to construct it in this direction you should consider constructing it in the northeast direction.

You should construct the master bedroom in the southwest corner. It's also recommended that you construct the over-head tank in this direction.

You should always keep the southwest direction clear. This calls for you to avoid constructing the car porch, septic tank, water sump, or a garden in this direction. Remember that septic tanks are associated with loses; therefore, you should construct it at the negative sides of the house. This calls for you to construct the tanks at the north side of the house. For health reasons you should ensure that the tanks are located at least 15 feet away from the bore hole, well or water sump.

If you are planning of constructing out-houses you should ensure that they don't touch the compound wall of the north and east side.

You shouldn't construct a pond in the south direction as it's a sign that you will lose money or other precious valuables.

As rule of thumb you should ensure that the south direction is clear and there's nothing that obstructs the view. It's highly recommended that you make the south higher than the north.

If you are constructing a commercial house, you should ensure that the shop or office faces southwest. This is to improve your financial condition.

To secure the house, you should fix the doors only after you have constructed a brick wall that is at least 6 inches in width.

If the house is going to have staircases you should ensure that the stairs are in the south, west, southeast, or northeast corner of the house. As rule of thumb you should ensure that the stairs aren't located at the northeast corner of the house. This is because a staircase located at the northeast is associated with loss of wealth.