I'm doing an extension to our 90s house to add a new master bedroom and 2nd lounge, and am trying to decide if we should have tinting in the new aluminium double glazed joinery windows and doors.
I can see advantages to tinting in terms of reducing fading of carpet and furniture, and also from a privacy aspect as the new bedroom with French doors will be very visible from our entertaining area. However, I'm worried about how dark it will make the rooms feel. I'm especially worried about the 2nd lounge, which will have a north-west facing sliding door, but which only will get light from around 1pm to 5pm as its partially obscured due to the shape of the house. Its tempting to have tinting in one room and not the other, but I assume it will look lame as there would be a wall with one set of french doors tinted, and a sliding door not.
Anyway, for those that have tinting, how dark does it make the rooms feel (especially non-north facing rooms)? And how about in winter? Has anyone mixed tinted and non-tinted?
Thanks in advance for any opinions.