Good and Bad Feng Shui: What to Look for When Buying a House

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. What makes Feng Shui good and bad in a home is described below. You can use them as a general guideline when buying a home.

Even when it comes to Feng Shui, it’s still location, location, location. Why? 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 or win the lottery – these would all be good energy.

2. Lot: Wider in the back or square is good Feng Shui. Reverse circular batches are not. Square or rectangular shaped lots are considered ideal.

3. Dead End: Make sure you are not at the T-junction of the dead end to the road; this is considered bad Feng Shui. You will end up getting glare from headlights in front of your house 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 must not share a common wall with a toilet. Ideally, master bedrooms should face north and the bed should be against the south wall facing north. Also, there should be no mirrors on the other side or next to the bed.

6. Bathrooms are not allowed over the dining room or kitchen. (This would seem like a no-brainer: no leaky toilets during my turkey dinner!)

7. Home office: It should be in the southeastern part of the house. The morning sun brings good energy and the southern sun provides daytime sun to keep you energized throughout the day.

8. Houses facing south and north are ideal.

9. The flow of the home matters. The entrance door should not open directly onto the stairs above or below. The front door must 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 should also not face the door of a toilet (bathroom). This door must be closed at all times.

11. Office desks should be backed up 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 to 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 searching for a house that fits the location aspects. The interior of the house can always be changed. But the more you know about good energy, or Feng SHui, in advance, the sooner you’ll be able to recognize it in your next home.

Happy house hunting!