Can Feng Shui remedies help sell a house? This is a question that comes up on a regular basis. When a house is languishing on the market, the real estate agent or the home owner may begin to wonder if the services of a feng shui specialist can identify what it is about the house that may be turning away or turning off prospective buyers.
Realtors often encourage sellers to make cosmetic improvements before putting a house on the market. It’s called “curb appeal.” A fresh coat of paint, some landscaping, new carpet and lighting fixtures can make a house look more like it is in move-in condition.
Sellers are sometimes encouraged to remodel bathrooms and kitchens to also make a house more attractive for sale. Taken a step further, homes are often staged in such a way that they can gloss over awkward areas, inspire creative solutions, and give prospective buyers a feeling of affluence and potential pride in owning such as residence, which can provide a desirable lifestyle.
But feng shui goes way beyond what you can see with your eyes. From my perspective, the ease or difficulty in selling a house can sometimes be directly related to the non-obvious ‘money luck’ of the current occupants. In other words, if you live in a house that is considered bad for money potential, trying to sell it easily may just be one more manifestation of the house’s bad influence or final sabotage on the current occupants’ financial picture.
What does a house that is bad for money look like? This might be like asking what does a woman who is 36 hours pregnant look like. It is not at all obvious; rather, it is based on when the house was built combined with its compass orientation. Once a competent feng shui practitioner has identified a house that can be undermining for money luck, then remedies can be put in place for the sellers to improve their personal financial potential, assuming they are still living in the house. This has worked for my clients. They get the energy balanced in the house for themselves and then it translates into a quicker sale.
If the sellers are no longer living in the house up for sale, their delay in selling it can be attributed to the house they are in fact dwelling in. You see, you cannot be affected by a property you are not living in, at least not directly. If you own rental property that has terrible energy for money luck, your tenants may struggle to pay the rent, which of course would affect you too. But if the rental house indicates some potential health problem, the owner of the property would not succumb to that health problem if they are not living there.
What is often considered “curb appeal,” and the more conventional updates done to a house intended for sale, can usually be considered good feng shui as well. Feng Shui adherents do not want to see things in disrepair, dilapidation or neglect. We don’t want to see things which are depressing or which look unsafe. Most people, regardless of their culture or values, have nearly universal responses to homes and what makes us feel welcome and comfortable versus off-putting or tense.
To sum it up: Yes, Feng Shui adjustments can help sell a house under a variety of circumstances:
- A local demographic that takes Feng Shui into consideration
- Obvious esthetic or structural flaws which are considered bad Feng Shui, not just bad design
- Non-obvious energetic features to a house which nevertheless influence both the buyer and seller
Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions ®
From the Architectural and Design Blog Series
