Imagine renting a two-bedroom condo for a year. One room will be your bedroom. The other must fit a desk and a bed for visiting family. The landlord permits furniture changes and wants the walls and cabinets left alone.
You want a Feng Shui assessment, but you are worried that every recommendation will require construction. Begin with the choices you actually have: which room serves each purpose, where furniture can fit, and how long you plan to stay.
The rented unit still belongs to a building
A property assessment starts with the place. Photograph the approach to the building, the entrance, the views from the unit, and the interior. Keep the floor plan and location together.
Master Judith’s original Feng Shui + Architecture writing describes external assessment through San He and Emperor Landform, and internal assessment through San He and Xuan Kong Flying Star. In that approach, the outside setting and the parts of the interior belong in one review.
A room has a location and a use
In the Flying Star method described in that article, the practitioner maps the property’s sectors and considers how the spaces are used. A sector means a part of the property identified through its orientation and plan.
For our imagined rental, the useful question is which available arrangement to choose for sleeping and working. Share the plan before buying a desk that will fit in only one position. Ask the consultant to mark any proposed placement clearly enough that you can find it in the room.
Put the lease beside the recommendation
Write down fixed features and changes that need permission. Include wardrobe doors, outlets, windows, and the space needed for the guest bed.
If a suggested position blocks access, show that on the plan. Ask the consultant to consider the workable alternatives. A traditional assessment still has to be carried out within a room that people can use.
Make the decision fit the time you have there
Compare the cost of each proposed adjustment with the time left on the lease. Furniture you can take to the next home may deserve a different budget from permanent work.
Keep the report, the agreed arrangement, and a photograph together. You should be able to explain why you chose that room or position and how to use it. That is a useful result to seek from an assessment of a home you are renting.
Further reading: Master Judith on external assessment and internal room planning.
Master JudithBaZi and classical Feng Shui consultant, author, and speaker. In professional practice since 2010. About the practice