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Dear Jocelyn,

First of all, let me congratulate you on your new home:)

Please see below:-

On 10/14/99 5:00:40 AM, Jocelyn Yu wrote:
>My husband and I have put a
>deposit on an attached
>townhouse. This is still very
>much in pre-construction
>phase; however, the builder is
>very unwilling to deviate from
>the plans.
>
>I have 2 questions:
>1) Orientation of the house.
>The garage door facing the
>street is NE (as measured from
>center). The main entrance is
>on the side of the building
>and faces NW. This does not
>face the street but the main
>entrance of the other
>townhouse. Would it be correct
>to say this is a SW house?

As your have a few entrances, you should ask yourself the following questions:-

1. Which door will I frequently be using?

The door that you frequently used can (should) be your main entrance door. For example, if you frequently use the garage door as your entrance, then this will be your main entrance i.e. NE or the door at the NW (if I read correctly what you are mentioning).

For the house facing, there are two ways of looking at it:-

Based on Qi analysis. Under Qi analysis, the frontage of your house e.g. the side that usually have your living room (with lighting coming in is considered your house facing).

Like Accounting, many FS practioners are more conservative and do not take into consideration the frontage as your main door area as this is difficult to measure. For example if your living room windows stretch from one side of the room to the other, then where is the front door/main entrance determined?

2. In usually more conservative FS assessment, it is usually your main entrance door e.g. at NE or NW. (I believe, if I get what u mean, it should not be SW at all).

>2) I've looked at the layout
>and it seems fine except for
>the kitchen range. The
>kitchen is located in the S/SE
>sector which is ok since both
>my husband and I are West type
>people; however, the fire
>mouth of the kitchen range
>faces S/SE. I cannot change
>the orientation of the range.
>Is there anything else I can
>do? I do have a rice cooker
>whose fire mouth I can orient
>to an appropriate direction.
>Will this do?

In modern day Feng Shui, although the kitchen is still important, you should take note of the following more important points:

1. As the purpose of the kitchen is to retain "heat" or a place where food is made, it should preferably be a location where the `warmth' can be retained.

2. This is why, most FS practioners will advise one to face the stove inwards rather than outwards. Especially if the knobs of the stove should face inwards. Better still if your stove knobs are facing the sky.

3. Since your kitchen is not at the North compass area, you do not need to take note that a water position cannot be placed facing the stove as it may "extinguish."

4. Where possible the cooking stove etc.. should not be at the centre of the kitchen but against a wall in the kitchen. It should not be placed on a wall with windows.

5. Avoid having more than one cooking stove in the house. Do not have two.

Other than the above points (plus some others), it is less or of secondary importance in Feng Shui. Other more imporant points are to analyse the house e.g. using the Flying Star, at each sector, if there is an imbalance of the Five Elements or an over influence of an element, then it should be corrected or neutralised.

Hope the above helps.

Cecil