For personal experience, I wouldn't site it too close to a fence. Cats / foxes jumped on my greenhouse and the whole thing would go flying at 3am, causing terror to the neighbours and flinging precious, broken seedlings hither and yon.
Also, watch out for slugs. Once they get inside a zipped up greenhouse they have a private feast on hand and can mulch a great deal with impunity, nice and warm and moist. # all you can eat buffet.
It's true that slugs get everywhere but it's worth taking everything out now and again to check under the pots. The can decimate a small plastic greenhouse pretty fast; Esp if you are not expecting it.
My "blowaway" was very useful this time last year, because night time temperatures were much higher, so tender things could be left there all the time. Not so this year... I've currently got hardy seedlings in there (lettuce, salad veg, sugar peas & sweet peas), hardening the peas/sweet peas off at the moment. Runner beans, courgettes & cosmos are on windowsills at night and in the blowaway during the day, because the light levels are better - and it's not too cold by day. Still much too cold at night though.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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