House Hunting? Watch for Potential Problems

There’s nothing more exciting than looking for a new home. Perhaps you’ve just moved to a
new neighbourhood or you are buying your very first piece of real estate. Here a few tips and things to look out for in order to avoid misfortune and to avoid potential feng shui problems.

Angles and sharp edges are harmful if they face your home or front door. This could be a neighbour’s roofline or the edge of another building. Square, stand-alone columns can also cause severe feng shui problems with their four sharp edges sending poisonous shar hi. Columns should never face the main entrance either inside or outside.

Avoid blue on the rooftop

Roofs: Blue roof tiles represent water on top of the house signifying “water above mountain” and danger with overflow. You definitely do not want a swimming pool on the rooftop. The best colours for tiles are standard shades of earth color and gently sloping roofs are optimum.

Avoid living across from a cross

A cross opposite your home or office brings severe bad luck. The sign of the cross (whether an x or +) is inauspicious and often found on church spires.

Cul-de-sacs: The feng shui interpretation of a acul-de-sac is a dead-end street with no exit or way out. Try to avoid living at the end of a cul-de-sac and along the side of the street is not so bad.

Main Door: The size and number of doors, especially the main door is important. Make sure that no hostile structures outside harm your front door. Any nearby elevated structures should be examined to determine their effect on your doors.

Driveways: A long curved driveway brings better luck than a long, straight one. A long straight one ending at the main entrance is like a poison arrow so it is better to let the driveway meander or curve. A circular driveway is the most auspicious since the round shape signifies gold.

High-rise buildings constructed near your home will affect the feng shui of your home. If the new building blocks the main entrance it is usually negative. However, if it rises behind your home, it symbolizes solid support which is very good.

Avoid living near hospital

Hospitals – Yin energies emanating from a hospital can be overwhelming and the energy bears negative chi of illness and death. It is better not to buy a home too near a hospital or build on land where a hospital formerly stood.

Park and surroundings: If a park or any large empty space is located in front of your main door it creates a bright hall effect which attracts precious yang energy. This chi is able to settle and accumulate before it enters your home. Look for a park or empty space in front when buying a home.

Roads: Have good or bad feng shui depending on their levels (if higher or lower than your house) and their moving direction. Roads that aim directly at the home usually bring bad feng shui as a poison arrow.

Traffic Flow: In cities today from a feng shui perspective we look at roads in the same way we look at rivers; so fast-moving traffic is shar chi while slow moving traffic creates good sheng chi energy. Traffic lights are helpful since they slow down the traffic, but traffic jams are bad since they signify blocks in the flow.

Hilly Terrain: If you live in an area where the homes are built on the mountainside, keep in mind that it is better to live mid-level rather than on the top, as being on the peak exposes the home to the brunt of natural elements.

T-Intersections are the ultimate poison arrow. If the oncoming road is slightly curved it is no longer a poison arrow but if your potential home is built directly at the t-section, better to move on.

Happy and safe house hunting!
Lillian