Looking for opinions on lots

Bigger backyard, no question. Especially if it opens to a lake.

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Looking at a few lots to build a house on. They are all around a lake so the lots arent square. Would you rather a smaller, narrow shaped front of your property tapering to a large wide back yard or the opposite, a large front yard narrowing down to a small back yard. Both lots have the water view in the back side. ...sorry idk if im explaining this right, just looking for input

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All things being equal the bigger backyard. But being on a lake, I'd go with whatever had a better setup to lake access or better suited for building a dock.

If you have the option, make sure you pick a lot where your front door faces North

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you have the option, make sure you pick a lot where your front door faces North

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Whats the reason for this?

Be advised you are going to have backyard erosion along the lake shoreline over time unless you build a bulkhead, which many are forced to do with time in order to save their backyard, so go with the larger backyard for that reason alone.

A bigger backyard is much better than a bigger front yard.
Also, IMO, a yard that's deeper and not as wide is better than a wide yard that's not as deep

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What i am calling a lake is like a little waterway in the middle of a subdivision. It wont have any waves, just a fountain in the middle. No purpose to the water, just a nice view.

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Believe me, it will still occur, Big pond, small pond, wide or narrow, a fountain will create water currents/movement (not waves) that will erode the bank over time unless there is rip rap, anti-erosion mat, bulkhead, emergent aquatic plants, etc. to mitigate it. Developers rarely do this, leaving it to the homeowner to bear the expense to having to deal with it down the road. I can drive around Baton Rouge all day long, next to subdivisions with water bodies (retention ponds),large and small with fountains and see people’s backyard sloughing off into the pond/lake, usually within several years.

Not trying to scare you or tell you not to buy a lot on the water body, just want you take this into consideration and be aware it’s something I think you may have to deal with down the road.

P.S. in regards to the post on the front yard having a northern exposure, it provides more sun for the backyard (southern exposure) so if you like to garden, grow vegetables, fruit trees , etc. you’ll have a sunnier location to do that. Just about all the things we like to grow to eat require full sun, and people usually do that in their backyard.

Smaller from larger back. Lake depth the same at both locations?

Bigger back yard.