IF the sunshine is important to you, go for south facing, not overlooked, with large deck- but if you look at a few owners villas on here, look at the photos of the pool and if they have any shade on them. In our case, we haven't, pure SF, very large piece of land, and very large deck- but we have a lanai to provide cover from the sun, with fans -we wanted to ensure we covered all bases for ou comfort