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In property crazy Singapore, a service that is closely related to property would be fengshui related services. If you ask a neutral layman on the street, they would typically think fengshui affects wealth or general luck to occupants. But beyond the luck aspect, what are the areas that can be of considerations? Mostly, price, reviews and reputation. Before you engage your fengshui master, hopefully this article would help to give you a better context and some insights. I listed down the areas such as - fengshui applications, pricing structure, range of service you may get among the few areas you should know better.  Just got your house and looking for fengshui services? Read on! 1. Fengshui applications - luck activation or cures In the market, the main different fengshui applications to enhance luck, cures, protection in market are: a. Ornaments, crystals Different type of ornaments/crystals are used for purpose such as cleanse, wealth or relationship.
b. Religion related items Rituals, talisman, deity or any ornaments maybe used.  Jade "Pi Xiu" c. Household items link to 5 elements (Metal, water, wood, fire, earth) Focus is on interaction with identified feng shui spots at home using natural elements (e.g. plants, water items, fire/lights) to activate luck or as cures. (Personally, this is something I prescribe for my clients.)  Plant hang at right spot to activate luck The focus is on what type of luck enhancement or cures the fengshui master uses. End of day, it is what you believe in and your preference. Example, using ornaments or religion applications, it would be obvious to the naked eye. However, using elemental items, this is easily blended into your house furnishing and cannot be detected otherwise yet effective. Pricing wise, you may be surprise that some of feng shui cures or for luck activation is actually economical and not at all exorbitant. Also, fengshui is not a religious practise but a Chinese metaphysics science subject. 2. Pricing Structure In Singapore, most property audit fees are priced to type of property. Mainly, price is categorized based on whether its HDB, condos and landed. So, a 2 bedroom property size of e.g. 800 sq ft is charged differently for public housing (HDB flats) vs a private housing (condo/private apartment) if you have done a pricing research. The pricing is then tiered based on number of rooms and size.
Generally in the market, pricing is at approximately $500 - $600 and above for a 1 bedroom HDB property as a benchmark. Do check out what is covered as part of the fees too. Some pricing may or may not include essential fengshui services such as date selection. This is the same for other services like audit reports or overview bazi reading for occupants. I often hear from clients that some reports provided may vary from lengthy reports with in depth fengshui jargons, to some that are straight to the point action items. Some fengshui master may also not provide reports but just tell you verbally on site. So it would depends on individuals on what works. PS: Personally, regardless of a condo or HDB unit, there are only 2 rooms, XXX sqft. These are key areas that affect the manhours for our analysis. Hence, we adopt a different pricing from most where we charge based on property size and number of rooms, regardless of public or private apartments. 3. Your fengshui master and the kind of services rendered Say you have decided to shortlist a few fengshui masters, do speak to them. Just like engaging any service, comfort level with the fengshui master matters. Different fengshui masters have differing styles. You should be able to get the sense on top of the above pointers listed.  Me: during on site fengshui audit 4. Fengshui systems used for auditing your property (something if you maybe curious about..) The most popular and widely used system is known is Xuan Kong Flying Stars (or 九宫风水). This can be used to find out if your property has favorable luck to its occupants and which area. But on top of that, there are various systems. (Yes, in fengshui, a proper system with formulas is used as part of fengshui audit processes.) So do ask your fengshui master if you are engaging. Other systems such as Xuan Kong Da Gua, Xuan Kong Liu Fa, Ba Zai, San He Feng Shui and the list goes on. Why ask this, you may wonder. Applications used for luck activations or cures can at times be link to fengshui systems used. Fengshui on its own is a Chinese metaphysics science. However, some practitioner may incorporate with religion practice. Hence, it is good to check with your fengshui master to get an understanding. Finally, with sharing of these considerations, I hope it helps to give a good idea during the search for your fengshui services needed.
Besides able to use fengshui to help you in life, it should allow you to have a level of comfort. After all, this is your home.
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11/27/2020 0 Comments Property Selection Headache - Part 2To continue from our previous article addressing on property facing, we now look at another aspect of property feng shui during selection. In Singapore, most of us stay in high rise buildings – be it HDB or condominium apartments. During the process of buying (resale or new), some of us may be particular and have some ideal facing in mind (if you do). Well, question is, when does this external view comes in to affect you in terms of feng shui perspective? With many BTO selection exercise and condo launches, potential buyers have often asked me questions pertaining to their house facing.  Among the sea of apartments in this urban jungle, which property has good external feng shui? So in this article, I would run through an overview facings for home hunters for a better understanding. This will serve to give you a reference check (or red flag) if you may need to pay extra attention to your property’s facing regarding to its feng shui. Before I start, property fengshui aspects is derive from generally two areas:
Question is, when should I be concern of the external? Let’s list down what are the typical facing one would see:
 Quiet peaceful external facing  Construction facing is best to be avoided 2. Pool or water view Generally good but it depends on a few factors. Depending on your property’s bazi, it is not guaranteed that if you face a pool, it means wealth. (Yes, swimming pool can trigger wealth luck) It is dependent on your property’s bazi chart. What kind of water features at the pool can also be good or bad. Examples. Think water fountain, waterfall etc. It also depends on which floor you stay.  Pool view facing 3. Unblock facing roads This is tricky. This is due to there are various possibilities depending on: a. Your property faces a straight road with busy or no traffic b. Your property facing a bend curve road c. Your property faces a round about d. Your property faces a split road (Y junction or T junction) e. Your property faces a flyover or MRT/LRT track f. If the traffic is oncoming to your house or away These are some of those in consideration. Again, height and noise level also plays an important factor.  Facing a T-junction of sorts 4. Unblock view facing landed house This can be nice and some condo enjoys such facing. This however, can be tricky and would depend on the façade of the properties you are facing. Height of your property matters too.  Can you spot any issue among the buildings with potential feng shui issue? 5. Units at top floor of an apartment block I usually feel this applies to the top 2 stories of the block. Typically, units here may enjoy good view and are windy. However, units here are prone to negative feng shui depending on what lies opposite you in other property apartment your property faces.  Top floor facing opposite blocks 6. Block view facing other buildings or apartments By comparison, this seem to naturally be a less favourable facing. But fret not, depending on your property’s bazi chart, this can actually be a good thing to trigger good luck.  Facing another apartment block may not be bad If you are still with me (Yes, I know it’s a long article), I hope the above listed gives you a good perspective of various facing by breaking down into various categories and when you should pay extra attention. Certainly, the above listed are not exhaustive and there are other kind of facing though less common. It is especially challenging for the untrained eye if it is a new property sale where you only have the site plan for reference. If you do enjoy the article, do share with your friends and family!  I receive some questions as this buyer faces some dilemma of choices for her BTO selection exercise at Kim Keat. One of her question was, among the choice units (circled in red), the buyer was not sure where is the main facing. Is this determine by the main door? Isn’t it the same?  If you are a new home owner, this can come across as confusing. Most people are often unsure and understandably make assumption. Why is this important? Importance of main door and front facing of property differences The main door is like the mouth of the house and qi to the house is 'received' in from here. As such, it is hence critical and need to be at a prosperous sector of the house with good qi. It is afterall considered as 阳宅三要 - '3 must haves' in a residential property. The prosperous sector of the house is then determined by where the property faces. How do you determine that? A rule of thumb is to take the property's side with the most window facing. This facing usually also has more movement. (e.g. facing main road, or facing a park) This is one of the area which we use to as part of our process to determine the fengshui grading of the property. Hence, the front facing of the house is not the same as the main door.  A simple example of how front facing and main door is different. Hope you see the connection. Through these selection criteria, we can then help filter and select a choice unit. Cream of the crop choice. I would share other selection headaches that may easily be overlooked by home buyers encountered in my next post. Recently, I notice there were various new BTO projects being launched at one time. Imagine as a new home buyer (applies to new condo as well), one would be faced with a glut of choices. If this is not overwhelming enough, adding in various criteria and priorities such the type of layout, number of rooms, facing and pricing… the list goes on.  Various new BTO project launched! Well, if you add feng shui to part of the selection, the considerations get even more mind boggling. If you are concern or on the fence over feng shui matters, should you be particular about it at this point while getting your new home? I thought it may be useful to share the "what" and "how", and some things a layman may wish to know when getting their dream house. Each property’s feng shui has influence on the wealth, health (most of you would know these 2) as well as relationship aspect of occupiers too. The key to this depends on its surrounding, floor plan layout and time factor. So when choosing your choice units, some examples you should be aware of:
The above are some questions one may wish to consider before committing. Imagine if you are buying any of the BTO units per below (image A), some considerations are: a. there are 3 different facing from this block, which facing has better feng shui grade? b. this block faces a river, which unit can tap on this river for wealth luck? c. are there any units to pick or to avoid? It is a big plus if you are able to already select one unit that has a better feng shui during this selection stage.  Image A: Which unit do you think is best or should be avoided?  Image B: Condo with water on the front, which stack can 'tap' on this water feature? Don’t most homebuyers only engage for feng shui related service when the house is ready? Yes. Presently, most home buyers that I notice are buying first before checking on feng shui aspect. However, in the event of having a house with a less than desired feng shui, feng shui remedy would have to be implement. Some feng shui issues do not have remedies. So if we put things in perspective, one can avoid units with negative feng shui. It is certainly always better to have a unit with average or excellent feng shui than one that requires patches/remedies later.  Which unit is best (or best to avoid) based on this site plan? How can you get units with good feng shui before even construction? Base on the facing, surrounding of site plan, along with the unit’s floor plan, we can ascertain and assess the likely feng shui grade quality. This allows us to filter which unit is better based on a preliminary assessment approach. An assessment audit process revolves on:
In fact, by filtering out units with negative feng shui, that is half the battle won! In summary, buying a house in SG is always possibly the highest priced item you would pay in life. Not to forget, you would spend years staying at this house of yours. By understanding the feng shui of your unit, one can certainly benefit from a better feng shui grade unit or property. On the flip side, you can also avoid property units with poorer grade of feng shui. If you are in the midst of choosing a unit in a new property launch, feel free to drop us a note to get assistance. Alternatively, click here to find out more of our pre-purchase audit process and services for you. |
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