Pictures reveal.

Out the back yard. We only buy houses that face west, for the sake of light and sunsets. When the back of a house faces west, sunlight is maximized for light, warmth, and good cheer. The same house reversed can be gloomy and not even notice a single sunset. There are many variables. It is the same principle that one wants to buy a house on the lake at least facing south toward the lake, to see the sparkles, otherwise a lake can be as gray as slate on the prettiest of days.
As the poet in me says, "A house is made of light...."