My husband and I had bought this land before I started to learn feng shui. It is not a good one at all, yet it is not the worst either. it is just awkward.

It is a flag lot, particularly a square lot with the driveway sticking out. The lot is all surrounded by woods. The only opening spaces are the driveway and the square lot itself. The driveway is at 333 degree (NW3). The driveway leads to the neighborhood road, which is not very busy for 5 houses. The facing for the future new home, to me, seems to be NW3, because that's the only yang energy coming from the driveway. We can only have the house built between 316 degree (NW2) and W2, due to county setback restriction to properly place the structure.

I prefer the house facing W3, because the flying star combinations work slightly better for the house plan with W3 than NW2. However, whether the house is going to be built with the ENTRANCE DOOR facing NW2 or W3, the "FACING" is going to be NW3 anyway.

My questions are:
1. If we can make our front yard very attractive, then can we say that our new house is facing W3? Which weights more as yang energy between an attractive view and a traffic flow like a driveway that is used by about 3 students a day in and out and the road that's shared by 5 house residents?
2. If the traffic weights more for the YANG energy to be called as the facing, then my garage will be facing the driveway with no windows to received any chi for activating any water feature for the water star. Any suggestions?
3. My front door is not going to be the real main entrance, because I teach at home. All students go through the back door (in blue). That's where most the chi will enter. My new house will be very confusing in orientation. Any suggestions?

Thanks

1st image: house and the front door (in red) faces NW2:


2nd image: house and the front door (in red) faces W3

What is the dot dot dot line?
Looks like Yin Yang not balance.

The dashed line is the setback boundary; I have to build a house within the setback boundary

Where is this place? Do you mind telling/point us in google map?
I want to see the location.
The house looks a bit weird.

1st img: parcel map
2nd : property bird eye view (the clear space is the driveway and the square lot, although the square lot isn't made square enough)
3rd: surrounding area

Hi cheuh,

The pictures not clear and cant see 3rd one. 2nd picture is like painting to me.

I am sorry, yayahoo, for the quality of the pictures. However, they are the biggest and closest views shown on the google map and satellite. Basically, the property is in a wooded area. The nearest building is kind of far. There is a very small creek running North-South next to my property. Thus, this area is unbuildable. Would you telling me what i can do to balance yin and yang; you mentioned earlier that it's not balanced? I know that the floor plan is weird, but that's the only one we could find closest to what we need and paid for it already. What do you think about the orientation i have the question about, making the front house facing W3 with lot of yang plants and attractive yard design? So... W3 would be the most yang energy sector that the house is facing, instead of letting the driveway at NW3 taking control?

Thanks

Hi chueh,

I wish to view in terrain format.
We cant change the house layout since you already fixed. That we shall talk later.

Yayahoo, I do have a topography for the land. i don't know how to read it, but I am guessing the numbers such as +483.48 as the terrain up or down rate on the topography map. As you can see, the land is pretty flat, with only a few spots of high and lower ground. When I walked on the land, I couldn't feel or see the difference. I was trying to keep the image large enough to be seen, yet this forum limits image sizes. This is the biggest size I could make it shown



Since I cannot change the surroundings outside my property or discard the floor plan to hire an architect, I CAN still change the orientation of the house. The house itself will either face W3 or NW2, while the actual facing of the house will face NW3 because of the driveway where the yang energy enters. I just want to be clear about the orientation of the facing of the house. If my house faces W3, I will still have to use NW3 chart for it, which would make the corner of the garage as the facing without any windows or doors there to receive the yang energy. I just want to know if it is possible to change the yang energy orientation between the driveway and the front yard I will create as a comparison. If I could make the front yard at W3 attractive, would this W3 take over as the FACING for the house...

Of course I can orient the house to face NW2 to have the same chart as the driveway direction (NW3), yet the flying stars combinations aren't as good.

Hi Chueh,

I attached a sample of a map which contain info like that I wish to see.
Since you said is flat land, any rivers or big drain or seas at west side?
From the map you posted I suspect Qi comes from NE to SW that dont suit your house facing.

Yayahoo,

I see the kind of topo you like to see. I couldn't get anything to show big, but see if this will help for you to determine:



I added the little creek on the Mapquest Map (too many trees there, so bird's eye view does not show the creek. Also, the creek is sometimes dry). There is a small pond further north where I drew. It should be a little further than that, but I drew it there to show you the approximate location.

Hi Chueh,

Where does this drain water flows to?

chueh wrote:


Why do you believe that the driveway determines the facing? In-coming dragon and facing are not the same thing.

Why do you feel that orienting the house for the better Flying Star chart is a priority?

Yayyahoo is very wise (IMO) to work at understanding the landforms first before offering any advice.
I am looking forward to his or her analysis

yayahoo wrote:


There appears to be a pond (too small to be a lake) to the NW... perhaps 800 feet (.15 miles) away

The magnetic declination appears to be -4.8 West

Devadog and Yayahoo,

Yes, Devadog, you are right; there is a pond about the distance away from the property. I include the view this time.



The creek extends out from the pond and then interrupted by the perpendicular Road and slightly picks up the flow again right next to my property. However, I am not sure what it looks like or how deep the creek and the terrain there, because of all the trees there. The topography I got from the survey company indicates that the creek flows the direction from NW to SE and then turn the direction to SW. I used the blue line to emphasize the "CENTERLINE CREEK" on the topo.



Well, devadog, I was not sure what to determine the facing at this property, really; that's why i was posting the question here This property is unlike most properties which all face their roads so obviously. My current residence is like most houses facing a road, so I don't have a problem decipher what the facing is. I am having lots of birds and wild life coming to my property, because I have planted a lot. I did not know any Feng Shui, but just LOVE gardening and LOVE seeing pleasing surroundings. Without knowing Feng Shui, my gardening has attracted tons of butterflies, bees, birds, and other lives. Thus, the facing of my current is definitely with yang energy with curved and meandering flower beds. That would definitely make my Facing more facing besides the driveway at the front and facing the road. However, this new home to be....I am all puzzled about it...That's why I was thinking if the West of the new property would become the facing once I can make an attractive front yard like what I have now. Whatever it is, I need your advice, please!!!!


Everybody wants a good chart, right? so not much work needs to be done

Yin and yang, sitting and facing are not really about roads and backyards.
Here you have the chance to put the yang side where you want it....
But I'll be quiet and let yayahoo work. I'd like to learn!

Hi Devadog,
I hope you can contribute your idea too or exchange ideas so we both can gain knowledge from different point of view.

yayahoo wrote:

Hi yayahoo,

It would be my pleasure.
But when several people are trying to help, often they end up talking between themselves and the original problem gets overlooked.
So please continue with chueh and I will wait and then perhaps offer an opinion. At least then she will have a plan before we get bogged down in methods and systems.

Thank you Devadog. Let Chueh do some homework


Hi Chueh,
Need your help to do some homework.
I attached a picture.
(1)
a) Please help me to check where does the water flows from these houses(circle in green)? To creek or to pond.
b) The creek arrow (from the picture) pointing out from pond, is the water flowing out from the pond or into the pond?
Best way to check is raining day.

(2) Are the trees (circle in red) gonna stay there for long long time?

(3) If there are drains from these house joining to 1 big drain or to same location of creek or pond, please take a picture of this joint (if possible) Ignore if dont have.


Findings:
I'm guessing that Qi is flowing from north to south, according to the rivers that I found on the goggle map and information from Chueh.

Yayahoo,

"(1)
a) Please help me to check where does the water flows from these houses(circle in green)? To creek or to pond. "
The land the houses on (circled in green) is SLIGHTLY sloping down towards the South. There is no indication of a big drain the water from these houses. The drains in America are all covered, so I could not see the water in the drain. However, since the drain on the edge of the road for these houses followed the landform, I assume that the water in the drain flows towards South.

b) The creek arrow (from the picture) pointing out from pond, is the water flowing out from the pond or into the pond?
The pond itself is enclosed in a slightly lower ground. I did not see the creek extending out from it. The little creek started a little south down the slightly raised "pond bed" (see photo: left side of the pond is towards south).
I couldn't get to the start point of the creek; it was very steep with lots of trees interwoven together. I am not sure if the pond and the creek are connected or not. Then, the creek was interrupted by the road, where was filled and raised a little and was the starting point of my property.
I could see the creek from there on clearly running down towards South. I followed the meandering creek, gradually moving away from my property (my property starts with the driveway that is at NW, while the creek runs from North to South), after passing the road.
To answer your question, there is no way the creek running into the pond. The pond is either not connected to the creek or is flowing out to the creek towards South.


"(2) Are the trees (circle in red) gonna stay there for long long time?"
Yes, these trees are not in my property, and I assume that they stay there as long as they live. Especially, the area towards the little creek to the left is all preserved. The county is protecting these trees there.


(3) If there are drains from these house joining to 1 big drain or to same location of creek or pond, please take a picture of this joint (if possible) Ignore if dont have.
No big drain for these houses. I am not sure where the drain water flowing to. There did not seem to have a connection between the creek and the water drain for these houses

The following two photos are the square land where the house will be built; I indicated the South side and the West side. They are all surrounded by trees

Thank you. Thank you.. Thank you for looking into this