Vaastu for Flats

The principles given below should
be followed strictly so as to give maximum benefit to the flat owners.

• The site should be a good square or a rectangle if possible with south-west corner equal to 90 degree.
• North, east or north-east roads would do more good with two gates, one in the east and the other in the north. Besides the north-east, south-west or north-west blocks are also good.
• Ground levels should be sloping towards North-east, and the levels in south-west, should be higher than all other sides.
• An open well or a borewell should essentially be dug in north-east, before the construction takes place.
• While designing the complex, more open space should be left in the east and north compared to west and south.
• Balconies towards north, east and north-east are advisable and better not to keep balconies in south and west in general.
• Kitchen is advisable in south-east, or north-west and never in north-east.
• Pent houses should be planned in south-west on the terrace.
• Staircases have to be in south, west or south-west and to be avoided in north-east, because head room of the stair case, higher than south west is not acceptable.
• Main entrance into the flat could be from east, north, south, north-east, west and north-west.
• No wells or borewells should be dug in south-east, north-west or south-west.
• Cellar should be kept under the northern or eastern portion of the complex, and not in southern or western side.
• North-east cellar to be used for parking of vehicles; better if they are not heavy trucks.
• Open area in north-south should be used for lawns, borewells and sumps.
• Open area in north-east can also be used for on and off parking

The various principles of Vaastu which aid in setting up an
industry are as follows.

• main roads towards east, north or north-east are advisable with wide gates on two sides.
• Gates in north-east or east or north or north-west are recommended
• Guard room should be either on north-west side of north gate of southeast side of east-gate.
• Minimum space should be kept in south and west where big trees could be grown. More open space should be left in north and east where lawns and other greenery can be grown.
• The floor levels in south-west must be higher than other sides and height of the building also must be higher than all the other corners. Care has to be taken to have the store rooms in south-west fully loaded with stocks to the extent possible As and when the stocks are consumed they should be replaced immediately.
• Car parking may be provided in north-west if open area is available. For light vehicles north east also could be used.
• Administrative Officers are to be located either in north or east, away from boundary walls with less height than the main factory. Here special care has to be taken in keeping north east corner open.
• Staff quarters may be constructed in south-east and north-west. If quarters are multi-storeyed and if the height is more than that of main factory, they should be constructed in south-west without touching the main premises.
• Toilets should be placed in north-west or south-eastern part of the buildings, and not in north-east or south-west.
• Wells, bore wells, water sumps and water ponds etc. should be in the north-eastern area.
• Over head tanks may be errected in west and nearby, duly maintaining the heights. South-west and north-east sides including north and east should be avoided, for constructing overhead tanks. This is a bit controversial subject and hence one should be very careful in locating the overhead tanks and also the water tanks above the ground level.
• Heavy machinery has to be installed in south, west or south-west in the factory.
• Raw materials storage, whether inside factory or sheds outside, should be in south or west or south-west.
• Products under process or unfinished goods may be kept in west direction.
• Finished products are to be kept in the north-west corner. It will help for quick movement of the stocks.
• Weighing machine may be located near the gate either in north or east because that area is not subjected to permanent weight.
• Transformers, generators, motors, boilers, furnaces, oil engines should be kept in south-east or close to south-east.

One may have health and happiness.

Children may come up in life.

One may succeed in
getting good promotions, if in service.

One may make good money, if in business.

One may attain position and power, if in politics.

one may get the benefits as enumerated above, as per the degree of perfection in
following Vaastu. If one can satisfy 70 to 75 % of Vaastu, he should be very
happy. it is interesting to note that some fortunate people have been living in
good houses built as per vaastu, without knowing even elementary principles of
the subject.

Construction of a house or a work place following Vaastu principles
cent percent is not possible, because of the levels in and around the plot, shape
of the plot, number of roads and direction of the roads abutting the plot, hence
one has to work with the available plot and construct the house or office to suit
one s requirements under the given circumstances to provide maximum benefit to
the inmates of the house. An Architect bestowed with the knowledge of vaastu
designs the building, striking a balance between the two depending upon the
importance of one or the other as the case may be . Considering this practical
aspect, the title of the book is chosen as A GLIMPSE OF PRACTICAL VAASTU.

If there is no cellar for parking, lot of area should be kept open in north and
east for car parking and for green patches. If the plot is facing west o r south
and more open area is left in south or west for car parking the owner will run
into financial difficulties. In such cases where the plots are facing south or
west, it is better shopping complex is built on to the road with minimum open
space in south or west. The complex should not be built covering the plot upto
the north or east boundary. Instead more open area in the rear i.e.. in north and
east should be left, where car parking, lawns, fountains etc., should be
designed. Sumps and bore wells have to be planned in north and east.
Drinking
water in shops has to be kept in north-east.

Show cases have to be avoided in
north-east direction; better in south and west.

Lathe machines are to be
installed in south or south-west directions, if some shop is used as a work shop.

Stocks are to be stored in west, south or south-west and south side portions of
shops. Better to have

lofts and low roofs towards south and west directions,
within the shops.

North-east corner is to be kept will all the sanctity, within
the shop. In this corner a water tap or a small puja place could be designed.
North-east corner should never be used even for a day, for storing any kind of
materials.

On first floor they could plan meetings place, and more restaurant area if
necessary and the upper floors could be used for rooms. Care has to be taken that
the balconies are provided in east or north. The toilets should be avoided in
north-east side of the rooms. Store rooms with huge stocks should be in south or
west, or south-west.

Air-conditioning Plant: A.C. equipment is to be kept in
south-east of the complex and there from it is to be operated. It should never be
installed in north-east under any circumstances.

Electrical Generators and
Transformers: These are to be installed in south-east direction.

Wash Basins: It
is not advisable to keep wash basins in the centre of halls even for convenience
sake. Wash basins are to be arranged in north or east or north-east of halls.

Main Entrances of Restaurants: It is better to have main entrance in east or
north or north-east directions. If it is to be kept in west direction, it should
be towards north-west but not in south- west under any circumstances. If it is
forced to keep main entrance in south, it advisable to keep it in south-east
rather than south -west.

Mezzanine Floor: Mezzanine floor in any hall have to be
provided along west or south walls.

Reception: These may be
provided in south-west with elevated platforms but if it is provided in
north-west or other places the floor level should not be higher than south-west.

Water Bodies: Swimming pools, water ponds, fountains, borewells, and sumps etc.;
have to be planned in north or east and north east.

Roads or lanes running right into the plot from different directions cause Veedhi
Shoola(spearing road). These Vaastu defects are of eight types. In the diagram,
they are shown in certain forms, but actually, the plot-road formation could be
different from what is shown. The effect could be in varying degrees depending
upon the size and direction of the spearing road. Veedhi shoola is generally
considered to be bad. There are, however a few exceptions nos.,

(1) and (2) Veedhi shoolas in north-east are good whether it is coming from north of east
direction; (see the diagram) whereas the north-west road coming from the north
direction i.e., no.

(7) is good and not the one from the north direction i.e.,
no,

(8), The other four Veedhi Shoolas nos.

(3) and (4) from south-east; nos.

(5)
and (6) from south-west are considered bad, with an exception for no.(4).

All the eight Veedhishoolas are shown in one plot only to make the readers understand
all the types but in reality such a situation does not arise; even if it happens
there will be only one or two veedhi shoolas. Hence readers need not get scared
looking at the diagram. While searching for a plot, if one comes across such a
situation, he should take the advice of a vaastu expert so as to avoid
complications at a later date. Veedhi Shoola on to the plot and building from a
wrong direction would give more negative results.