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Can you comment on townhouses(row houses) ? Would they be lacking directions because they are attached together. A friend of mine is planning on buying one of those but it is the house on the end. I think those are better than the ones inside. Thanks.

On 4/12/00 10:25:00 PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
>Dear Kewpie,
>
>For an `overall' good house:-
>
>1. Environmental Scanning i.e.
>the landscape;particulary -
>the site and the home is very
>important.
>
>More than half the battle is
>`won' if a house has excellent
>Shapes and Form.
>
>2. Having excellent Shapes and
>form could also be
>supplemented by `protecting'
>areas of vunerability:
>
>2.1 The main door.
>
>This is considered the mouth
>of the house. One should
>protect it `at all costs'. If
>a poison arrow is aimed at the
>main entrance door, do not sit
>around for it to be left
>unprotected. Try to `protect'
>it.
>
>There are several examples of
>`how-to' that can be found on
>this site.
>
>2.2 The windows.
>
>It is equally important for
>the windows to be protected
>from poison arrows especially,
>single lamp posts or again a
>sharp corner of a neighbours
>home etc...
>
>3. Where possible, the house
>should have good frontage
>(like the bird flying freely
>in front). And the back, with
>a solid protection e.g. a hill
>or man made wall.
>
>4. The house should preferably
>do not have missing corners.
>
>5. Internal of the house, do
>take note of Qi not flowing
>directly from the main door
>out to the back in a straight
>line.
>
>Internally, where possible one
>side of the toilet wall should
>occupy an external wall. Here,
>there is no chance for it to
>be located at the centre of
>the house.
>
>Avoid having the toilet above
>the main door or at the side
>of the house.
>
>The numberous examples on
>Shapes and Form can go on and
>on....
>
>6. Generally, as a guide, even
>if the house has EXCELLENT
>Feng Shui, one should look at
>the Eight House Theory to see
>how suitable this `EXCELLENT'
>house is for each of us.
>
>An `EXCELLENT' house can be
>great or suitable for some
>persons but may not be
>suitable for others.
>
>For example, if the death or
>disaster intangible force is
>at the main entrance and the
>bedroom is equally in a bad
>sector, even if it is an
>EXCELLENT house, it does not
>necessary mean it will be
>great for this occupant.
>
>However, it is better this way
>than to have a `bad' house
>plus incompatible house.
>
>7. Next, use the Flying Star
>to check for imbalances at
>various sectors of the house
>and if necessary neutralise
>them.
>
>If water or mountain star is
>found, one can also activate
>it to enhance the house.
>
>8. Pillars of Destiny, e.g.
>element strength is used to
>fine tune the analysis and to
>determine if water positions
>can be used.
>
>For example, it is not
>advisable for a weak fire or
>strong fire person to have
>water positions in the house.
>
>Please see below:-
>
>On 4/12/00 7:04:00 PM, Kewpie L wrote:
>>I have a question about the
>>auspicious direction for the
>>house. Which is to be
>>considered more important or
>>focused on? To have your
>>house facing one of your four
>>auspicious directions or to
>>have the entrance door facing
>>the auspicious direction or
>>both. Eg. my house is facing
>>W and our entrance door is on
>>the side facing S where S is
>>one of the auspicious
>>direction for the breadwinner.
>>I need you to clarify that.
>
>It would be more important to have the
>main entrance face an auspicious
>direction for the breadwinner.
>
>If the breadwinner and the spouse earn
>the same level of pay, we still usually
>consider the breadwinner (first).
>
>However, it would indeed be a plus point
>to have the spouse have the main
>entrance face an auspicious direction.
>(It would be `nice to have').
>
> >Also, would you consider my
>>house a fire element? It is
>>just about all red(barn yard
>>red) angled roof with entrance
>>facing S. I've read somewhere
>>that this can contribute to
>>quarrels and discord in the
>>house. Is this true? Thanks.
>
>Yes, Red is the most Yang of all the
>Yang colours.
>
>In general, if we talk about this type
>of barn with the door facing South, we
>can classify it as a Fire element house.
>
>However, if the elements in the house
>are properly balanced, quarrels can be
>neutralised. Flying Star theory would be
>useful here to locate imbalances and
>neutralise the sectors.
>
>Particular attention, thus should be
>spent analysing the South sector. But,
>this should not be too much a worry.
>
>Warmest Regards,
>Cecil
>
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