Have you ever felt like a home just doesn’t feel right? Or that he had bad vibes? Sometimes the signs of good and bad Feng Shui are not so obvious. The following describes what makes Feng Shui good and bad in a home. You can use them as a general guide when buying a home.
Even when it comes to Feng Shui, it’s still location, location, location. Because? Because you can’t change it! You can change the price and condition, but not the location. So that’s where we’ll start:
1. Used? Good Feng Shui if the previous owners move to a bigger house, get a job promotion and move away or win the lottery: all these would be good energy.
2. Lot: Wider in the back or square is good Feng Shui. Reverse circular lots are not. Square or rectangular shaped lots are considered ideal.
3. Dead End – Make sure you are not at the T intersection of the dead end to the road; this is considered bad feng shui. You’ll end up getting the glare from your front-of-house headlights at night.
4. Fire Hydrants: You can’t have the ones in front of the house: Bad Feng Shui as it represents your wealth being ‘washed away’.
5. Bedrooms: should not be located above the garage, kitchen, or laundry room. Also, beds should not share a common wall with a toilet. Ideally, master bedrooms should face north and the bed should be against the north facing south wall. Also, there should be no mirrors on the other side or on the side of the bed.
6. Bathrooms are not allowed over the dining room or kitchen. (This would seem obvious: no leaky toilets during my turkey dinner!)
7. Home office: It should be in the southeast part of the house. The morning sun brings good energy and the southern sun provides sun during the day to keep you energized throughout the day.
8. Houses facing south and north are ideal.
9. The flow of the home matters. The front door must not open directly onto the stairs above or below. The front door should also not ‘see’ the back door (have a direct line from the front door to the back door). This allows the chi or energy to walk directly through the back door. The energy must be allowed to flow back and forth throughout the house. You also don’t want to see the fireplace from the front door.
10. The kitchen, nor the stove, should be in the center of the house. The kitchen must also not face the door of a toilet (bathroom). This door must be closed at all times.
11. Office desks should be backed against a solid wall, not a window. A desk or bed should also not face an angled wall.
12. Living too close to a cemetery brings pain into the air, not a good thing.
The goal of Feng Shui is to balance all aspects of our lives by creating an environment that has good chi, or energy. You can do this by first looking for a house that fits the location aspects. The interior of the house can always be changed. But the more you know in advance about good energy, or Feng SHui, the sooner you can recognize it in your next home.
Happy house hunting!
