If you have children, the terrace is a good play-place for them. It may be that it should be placed adjacent to the part of the house where the mother is most likely to be at work, so that she can supervise and watch their play. Perhaps you can satisfy two requirements, that of eating outdoors and that of supervised play, by placing the terrace adjacent to the kitchen, where food can be passed outdoors from a window or from a convenient door to be served before it cools.

Should you wish to use the terrace for evening entertaining or for sitting outdoors to watch television after the children and older members of the family have retired, the terrace is best placed away from the sleeping rooms, so that the noise of conversation or entertainment and the lighting of the terrace will not disturb the sleepers. Alongside a detached garage, or perhaps an attached one which extends away from the sleeping rooms, would be a good location. This would give a chance for plantings near the house, as well. Some people prefer to divorce the terrace from the house and place it in a corner of the property, using high fences to give it privacy; while others prefer to have the terrace attached to the house so that there is an easy flow of living into and out of the dwelling.

. . . terraces and the time of day
The weather and the sun must also be taken into consideration when you are planning your location for the terrace. Remember that the afternoon sun is hottest about three o'clock, and that a terrace on the south-west or west of the house is likely to be unpleasantly hot during the afternoon-even into the early evening if it is paved-and it retains the heat unless it is very well shaded. Even if it is shaded, it is usually hotter during those hours of the late afternoon.