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Dear Anthony,

1. Usually, for a house at ground level, the following is `acceptable' Feng Shui for a split level house:

1.1 The living room should be the lowest. There can be steps to the dining room. And the staircase to the second storey can be at this level (dining room level).

The kitchen can be slightly lower than the dining room. For example a few inches lower to 6 inches.

There is no hard and fast rule. But rather more important, is that the backyard should have good backing or solid support e.g. a retaining wall. To act as a `tortise back'.

The rationale is that sometimes we need to wash the floor and water do not need to flow into the dining room and subsequently, flow down to the living room area.

1.2 It is best not to have the bedrooms below ground level. Not so much of `Feng Shui' but flooding, pests etc... poor lightning (if one can avoid such a house).

1.3 Usually, the worst `evil' is to have the toilet above the bedroom, dining room or the kitchen.

This is `understandable' also not necessary from Feng Shui but out of commonsense where there may be a leak (someday) and the sewerage pipe leaks. We do not want such `dirty' water to drip on our bed, kitchen e.g. stove etc..

1.4 If you ask me about having a dining area or living room immediately above the bedroom, I personally feel that this is acceptable.

1.5 For a kitchen, I would tend to `visualise' where is the waste pipe, running under the kitchen floor. This would have to my main consideration if a kitchen was above the bedroom.

In terms of `fire', and assuming that the flooring is solid concrete, I don't see it as any `threat' if we look at it from a "fire safety standard." I have no `phobia' over this.

Personally, I would still feel `uncomfortable' to have a kitchen above me. Perhaps if really faced with the reality may just live with it. But if I were to buy a house, I would try to avoid it. Call it Feng Shui, or call it `Not Feng Shui'. It is quite subjective as it can be based on one's personal `liking' or dislike.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil


On 3/2/00 1:28:25 AM, Anthony C wrote:
>Cecil,

In most instances of
>mult-storey houses, the
>bedrooms are one level
above
>the living and dining
>rooms.
I've come across a
>house with all the bedrooms
>located one level
below the
>kitchen, living & dining rooms
>(which are at road
>level).
There is also a garage
>which is at road level.
In
>terms of Feng Shui, is this a
>good
>arrangment?

Thanks,
Anthony
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