South West Facing House : A Vastu Guide to Bring Happiness and Positivity

With people getting more into inducing positivity in their homes, Vastu Shastra is a concept attracting the folks to incorporate those good vibes. Referring back to the ancient sciences, houses designed based on the idea of Vastu tends to bring in more positivity and luck. Eliminating the negative threads here, this is a brief layout of creating a South west facing house, according to Vastu. 

With the recent adaptiveness of Vastu, residential architecture has taken a step forward. All of this gives an individual the privilege of constructing a Vastu compliant house from scratch in return. 

Before diving into the steps to make your house more Vastu amenable, let us understand the meaning of Southwest zoning and a South west facing house plan:

The South West direction lies between the West and the South Zones, in the direction of the earth element. According to the book of Indian Sciences, this corner is also referred to as the Nairutya or Niruthi corner. 

According to Vastu planning, the southwest zone is not the ideal zoning of a plot/residential block. The spot is claimed to bring negativity and “bad luck”. Managing a plan in the southwest orientation can be challenging to denote the heaviness in the earth element. While planning any unit, all heavy blocks, including the master cabin, any heavy machinery, are placed in the southwest zone to inculcate stability. In residential units, washrooms can also be placed in the southwest corners. 

Moving on, let us now discuss the steps to build Southwest facing house more Vastu compliant: 

1. The Plot Area of a South west Facing House

These are a few bullets to rectify the effects of a southwest-facing house on a plot level:

● Make sure to not opt for a plot with a “T” junction from any side. T junctions can be ominous and can radiate negative energy around the house. To revise the effects of the T junction, copper bricks, earth pyramids, or Vastu dividers have to be used. Apart from the unwanted T junctions, plots at road endings (Veedhi Shula) at the following directions must also be avoided-

a. East of SE

b. South of SW

c. West of SW

d. North of NW

● Make sure to look out for any plot projections of unwanted extensions in the SW zone. Engulfing a Southwest facing house projection can invite severe health and financial problems. 

● Any plot with underground tanks or borewell dwellings at SE or SW can lead to significant Vastu defects and unwanted delays in construction work. 

● Since we have already discussed the downfalls of SW orientation in properties, make sure there is no other slope towards the Southwest zone. An add on slope to a southwest facing house would only add to the “bad omens” and would be added to the list of “Major Vastu defects”. 

● Ensure Deemed to be not to position a septic tank for the toilet in the plot’s SW, NE, SE zones. This is counted as one of the significant defaults in the study of Vastu Shastra. 

● Always keep in mind that the Southwest facing houses has been constructed according to the guidelines of Vastu, and the internal/external planning is done accordingly. 

2.  South West Facing Entrance for House

Since we already have a south-west facing house, there can be minor repercussions in planning a south west facing Vastu house plan. The house’s entrance is not entirely intended to let in user groups but is also responsible for the prominent flow of energies. According to Vastu, freezing the doors at North, NE, or East zones is most preferred. 

Ideally, you can add an internal offset leading to an east entrance via the interior lane along the SE boundary wall of the residential plot. This can be a bullet in the list of the remedies for a southwest-facing house. The primary focus of the alteration is to reduce the impact of the original zoning of the southwest door. 

3. Sketching the Right Lines in the Living Room: South West Facing House Vastu

Vastu Shastra has always quoted living in rectangular spaces as “auspicious”. Since the living room is a zone that brings in all sorts of energies inside the house, it should be vibrant enough with vivid shaped and clear lines (in wall decor or furniture). You can go for vibrant and fresh colours like yellow and white for the room. This would help you repulse the negative energy, and installing complementary curtains and glass doors can make you create a better layout. 

4.  The Direction of a Bathroom in a South West Facing House 

That long hot shower must make you feel all relaxed after a hectic day at work, right? Although, the bathroom is one of the zones considered highly transmissible of negative energies. So as per the expert’s quote, a bathroom must be zoned in the North direction and away from the pooja room or kitchen in a southwest facing house (which causes health issues). The level of the bathroom must be kept a little higher than the floor level of the house. The exhaust must be directed towards the north and the shower faucet towards the east. 

5.  Keeping an Eye on the Direction of the Kitchen in a South West Facing House

The kitchen is the zone that is vulnerable to heat or “agni“, making its orientation more viable towards SE (Agni is considered the lord of the fire, residing in the SE direction). Orienting your kitchen towards the NE corner is considered auspicious, and the design must be done so that you face the SE zone while cooking food. Keeping the stove and kitchen in the same direction, make sure to plan the kitchen’s layout accordingly.   

Coming to the anterior segment of the kitchen, you can go for a new white theme, letting in some natural light to radiate more positivity around. 

6.  Ventilation in a South West Facing House

● Every house must be well ventilated and in a home with multiple windows and a spacious balcony. This will bring natural light and ventilation and good energy into the house. 

● According to Vastu Shastra experts, windows and natural ventilation also invites positive energy, and the floor level of the balcony should be lower than the room level. 

● While the right direction of the balcony is North, NE, or East, a well-ventilated house attracts abundance and money in the place. 

● While the furniture should be facing outside and take in more natural light, it will help you also gain some sunlight sitting on the balcony. 

7.  South West Face House’s Vastu and it’s Surrounding

● A southwest-facing house must have a higher and thick boundary than other directions. A southwest balcony should be covered with dark curtains. 

● The opposite direction (NE) should be balanced for a southwest facing house to improve the negative impact. The slope of the plot should be more inclined towards NE.

● Providing a water body at the NE zone would bring more positive cosmic rays (Ishanya corner). You can establish a waterfall or water birdbath at the NE zone for some good fortune.

● More spaces must be left in the NE zone while planning and constructing the house. The more open spaces in the NE, the more prosperity walks in. 

● From the design point, a proper offset must be left from the SW zone. Make sure to leave equivalent spaces on the NW and the SE zones while constructing the plot. 

8. Discrepancies for a South West Facing House

● Bad vibes and negativity

● Relationship problems

● Financial issues

● Bad omen or some illness in the family to the owner.

9. Rectifying Vastu Defects for a South West Facing House

● Placing kitchen in the SW

● Placing the septic tank in the SW zone.

● Placing an Underground or a borewell in the southwest zone.

● Avoid an extended southwest corner

● Avoid zoning the main door at the Southwest zone.

10. Remedies for a Southwest Facing House

● Introduce crystal or earth rocks at the entrance of the main door. 

● For a water tank, septic tank, or a borewell, Vastu strips at Vastu corners can be used to eliminate the negativities. 

● Using harmony cycles and shifting arrows for kitchen areas in SW would avoid any serious negative impacts on a southwest facing house. 

● You can also try installing a lead pyramid and a block on the southwest corner of the house or towards the southwest slope of the house. 

● Any extension made towards the southwest corner can be counterbalanced by Vastu strips, typically made of wood or copper beneath a ceiling or a floor. 

Conclusion

A southwest facing house is a typical planning orientation that is considered harmful according to the norms of Vastu Shastra. There are multiple remedies and planning techniques to cancel out the “bad omens” to counteract the subliminal negativities that might circulate a southwest facing house. 

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