Black ivy. I cut mine to the ground every fall, and by next fall I'm cutting it out of the soffit again. Doesn't grow in South facing, full sun though.
Location is fence line between myself and neighbor to the south, in an east-west direction, a good portion of which is shaded by neighbors house... Fence line is about 6 feet from his house so plants will end up being 8 to 9 feet away from the North side of his house.