The ten questions worth asking.

Take them in order — the first three filter for deal-breakers; the next four shape what the property will cost you to live in well; the last three are the ones every serious buyer eventually wishes they had asked.

1. Where does the main door actually face?

   Stand at the front door, look outward, read the compass. The direction you are facing is the property’s facing direction — and it is the single most influential placement in Vastu. North, East, North-East, and West facings are broadly favourable. South, South-West, North-West, and South-East facings are workable but ask harder questions of the rest of the layout. If the seller’s brochure does not match what your compass says, trust the compass.
2. What is the shape of the plot or floor plate?

   A regular rectangle or a square is the friendliest start. A plot or floor plate that narrows from front to back (gaumukhi — “cow-faced”) is favoured for residential use. The reverse — wide at the front, narrow at the back (shermukhi — “lion-faced”) — is favoured for commerce, less so for a home. Triangular plots and plots with cuts at the north-east or extensions at the south-west deserve a careful second look before you commit.
3. Which way does the land slope, and where does the water drain?

   Walk the perimeter on a wet morning if you can. Land that slopes gently toward the north-east is the classical ideal because that is the direction water ought to drain. Land that slopes toward the south-west — the reverse — is the single most common slope-related concern, and one that is genuinely expensive to remediate after possession.
4. Where is the kitchen?

   The kitchen carries fire energy. Its classical zone is the south-east; the north-west works as a secondary. A kitchen in the north-east, the south-west, or directly opposite the main door is worth a closer look — not because it cannot be lived with, but because the cost of living with it is real and worth pricing in.
5. Where is the master bedroom?

   The earning member’s bedroom in the south-west supports stability. In the north-east it pulls against it. Children’s bedrooms are gentlest in the west or north-west. Guest rooms are flexible. Pay attention to where the heads of the beds point — the standard rule is to sleep with the head toward the south or east; sleeping with the head pointing north is the placement most often flagged.
6. Where are the toilets?

   Toilets in the north-east, the centre of the home (brahmasthan), or directly opposite the kitchen are the three placements most often flagged in our reports. They can be remediated — but the remediation is plumbing work, not paint, and the cost compounds across years. Better to know going in than to discover after.
7. Where is the pooja or meditation space — if there is one?

   The north-east is the classical zone. North-east-of-east and east work as next-best options. A pooja niche in the south, the south-west, or under a staircase is the single most common avoidable misplacement — it costs nothing to fix at the design stage and is awkward to fix later.
8. What sits at the centre of the home (the brahmasthan)?

   The geometric centre of a home is the brahmasthan — classically left open, lit, and uncluttered. A toilet, a kitchen, a heavy structural column, or a staircase landing in the brahmasthan is a recurring concern in our reports. Walk to the centre of the floor plate. What is there?
9. What is around the property — and does it press on it?

   The neighbours your property has cannot be moved later. A tall building cutting your north-east light, a temple or a transformer at the wrong corner, a road T-junction pointing into your front door, a graveyard or a hospital across the road — these are external influences classical Vastu takes seriously, and they are all things you can verify in twenty minutes by walking around the block.
10. Whose names are on the title — and are the four non-Vastu checks done?

    Vastu is one of five parallel checks every serious buyer must run. The other four — Legal title and approvals, Technical structure and quality, Financial loan and documentation, Ethical seller and provenance — are not Vastu, but they are not optional either. If any of those four come back with a red flag, the Vastu read does not matter yet. Spend the money on a property lawyer and a structural engineer first; bring us in when the property has cleared their checks and you want a second-pass eye on the layer they cannot see.

That last one deserves its own moment — because it is the frame the rest of this page sits inside.

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What the score is, and what it isn’t.

The number above is the Vastu read on what you shared with us. It is honest about the inputs it had — if you marked fields as “I’m not sure,” the score reflects that, and your detailed-report email will say so plainly. It is not, and was never, the whole picture. Vastu is one layer of five, and a score is the start of a conversation, not the end of one.

If the score lands strong and the other four due-diligence checks have already cleared, you have what you need to act. If the score lands mixed or weak — or if you would simply rather have a senior architect-Vastu eye sit with the property properly before you sign — the next step is the Selection Path · Disha. You send up to three properties on your shortlist; we evaluate each on paper across all five layers; you get one written report telling you which one to buy, which to walk away from, and why. Five-to-ten-day turnaround. ₹11,000 — and the fee is fully credited against any future Aayatan Veda engagement within sixty days.

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