Azaleas need good drainage and acidic soil. Usually near a foundation the pH is a little alkaline from the cement in the foundation.

They like partial shade. To much sun can cause problems with lace bugs, and too much shade will give you nice green plants with no flowers. So partial shade is best. 1/2 sun and 1/2 shade is ideal. They could take a little more shade if necessary.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to grow azaleas.

nycynthias, I have about half a dozen of these Girard's Pleasant White azaleas in various spots around the garden. They have flourished here in different amounts of shade, just as the previous poster indicated, from half & half to pretty deep shade most of the day.

Girard's Pleasant White tends to have a spreading habit -- growing wider than tall, layered rather than compact -- so it looks more natural as a landscape shrub than as a clipped foundation plant. That's another reason (besides the pH that was mentioned) that you might want to keep these azaleas a little farther away from the house.

The Pleasant Whites have been very hardy and problem free for me, so you should have a good choice for your first foray into growing azaleas.