Feng Shui Influences
How Bay Area Houses Are Priced
The Long Beach Real Estate Home Blog is pleased to welcome guest author, San Mateo California Realtor, Leonore Wilkas of The Wilkas Group.
Living on the San
Francisco Peninsula as I do, with our large Asian population, we find
all kinds of Asian influences creeping into our daily lives. One of
the biggest is Feng
Shui, a Chinese mysticism of sorts, where it is
believed that your life can improve by doing little things within
your living environment through the placement of furniture, artwork,
or even the front door of a house. It's a serious business
around here with many experts helping Realtors and non-Asians prepare
their houses for sale so that the house will sell quickly.
Having harmony in life
promotes wealth, prosperity, good health, and chi - the
movement of the air around you. The Chinese are superstitious
people. If they believe the Feng Shui is bad at a property, they
will not look at it, or seriously consider buying it unless they
think the bad Feng Shui can be over come.
Certain numbers can
prevent someone from even considering a property unless they can have
a Feng Shui master come and correct the chi of the house. In our
area, the number 8, believed to mean wealth, is often seen within the
listing price of a home. Asians believe that numbers can create
harmony within the house. If the price of the home reflects certain
numbers such as 1, 6, or 8, it is considered to be positive so it's
very common to price homes with the number 8 somewhere in the price,
for example you might see a house listed at $618,988, $888,888 or
$1,886,688. The worst numbers to use are 2 and 5 and if I, as an
agent, want to attract a buyer who follows Feng Shui, I will avoid
them, if I can.
But, that's only
part of the issue with numbers. What do you do if the house number is
considered bad Feng Shui? What if the numbers are really bad like 4,
13, 24, or 104? You can't exactly change them, can you? No,
not if you're trying to sell the house, so you must use little
Feng Shui tricks to provide protection to the property.
Have you
ever noticed houses with two large lion-type animals sitting at the
front entrance to a house in your neighborhood or city? These are
called Foo
dogs and they're placed there to protect the
house from bad chi.
If you're unlucky enough to have house
numbers that are considered bad chi
you place a circle around your house numbers and protect the chi.
When you see wind chimes anywhere near the entrance of a house, it is
considered good luck. Is there a birdbath or water feature somewhere
in the front or back yard? They may be trying to improve the chi, or
energy, of the house.
The power of Feng Shui
is believed in by a whole lot of people on this planet. Many other
cultures have similar beliefs. The Japanese
and Indians
also look at numerology in their daily lives. Japanese like odd
numbers like 3, 5 and 7. The Indians believe in a Destiny number
that is the total number for your birthday. If you were born on March
1st, 1968, the numbers would be written out like this:
03.01.68 = 18, 1+8 = 9, and 9 would be your Destiny number.
Numerology
has been around for thousands of years and is believed by millions of
people.
What
are the lucky numbers for Feng Shui?
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