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Dear Michele,

1. In general, water is not favorable at the back of the house. However, this is not always true!

2. In fact, what is more important is `Qi' or qi flow in the surrounding and around the home.

Here, pools of water even if they are quite a distance away, often at the `back' can be considered favourable.

3. Depending on the layout of the house, sometimes the possibility could be that:

3.1 To take advantage of (if the creek view) is better, the `facing' or frontage of the house can be oriented to face it.

3.2 Or simply creating a patio or garden facing the creek is another consideration.

It would be better if you can attach a simple sketch of your house vs the creek. As there is a difference in the outline of the creek, its current flow vis-a-vis the house.

Things like whether is the creek straight, how it `connects' or flows around e.g. the back, the relative distance from the house.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil

On 2/20/2003 4:54:00 PM, Michele Churchill wrote:
>Dear Cecil
>I have some confusion about
>water behind a house being
>good or bad. Much of what I
>read says that as long as one
>cannot see where it leaves the
>property, it is okay. But,
>water flow direction is
>important, only I can't seem
>to figure out which direction
>is good or bad. Here is the
>situation. Our property is 11
>acres, bisected at about 2
>acres across by a seasonal
>creek. We plan to build our
>home in the front two acre
>section, with a west-facing
>front door. The creek
>direction flows south to
>north, so as you are looking
>out the front door, the water
>would be flowing behind you
>from left to right. Is this
>good or bad? Further, I
>should say that this creek is
>only running in the summer
>months through water rights
>for irrigation off the river,
>which is about 1/2 mile from
>our property. The rest of the
>year, this creek bed is dry.
>It is lined with trees.
>Thank you in advance for your
>reply. Michele