CONSTRUCTION OF LAND

Compliance to the following rules of construction as per Vaastu Shastra can help in reducing a lot of problems later on as well as help in a safe, efficient and speedy construction process, thereby saving both time and money.

1. Prepare the site as per Vaastu Shastra before commencing construction. Clean the site of all inauspicious objects.

2. Pits, depressions and wells located in inauspicious portions of the site should be filled up and land surface should be leveled. The construction will proceed at a faster speed in a plot cleansed and purged as per Vaastu Shastra.

3. Construction should begin after proper Vaastu worship and offerings to the site deities are made. 

4. The first digging of land should be done either by the master of the house and/or the chief mason at an auspicious time set by a learned astrologer. 

5. Construction activity should not be started if any female member of the family is in her sixth or above month of pregnancy, or if any member is seriously ill. 

6. Digging of the soil for laying the foundation should be in the following order: north-east sector, then north-west sector, then south-east and then south-west sector.

7. Laying of the foundation should be in the reverse order, i.e., first south-west sector, then south-east, then north-west and lastly north-east. 

8. A water source on the site should be dug as soon as the proper prayers are performed. A well, borewell, underground water tank or pond or a swimming pool should preferably be placed in the north of north-east.

9. Care should be taken to dig the well or tank in such a manner that energy lines do not cross the well or the water body.

10. A water body or source should be in the east or north-east of the plot. Having a water body in the south-east or south of the house can cause damage to the child or wife of the owner. An underground water tank in the south-west can be deadly to the head of the family.

11. The trenches for the walls should be dug from north to south and east to west. 

12. All the four sides of a building should have a fencing wall. Best house are always situated inside a compound and not on the side of the road. 

13. Have the compound walls on the south and west higher and thicker than the north and east walls.

14. The building material, bricks, stones, sand, etc. should be placed in the south-west of the plot. The steel reinforcement bars should be stored in the west. Sanitary pipes and fittings should be placed in the north-west corner of the plot. 

15. Every night lighting a bulb on the highest point of the construction, which should be south always, will symbolically raise the energy. It can finish the construction in record time. 

16. Use new construction material for a fresh construction. Second-hand building material like bricks, stone, iron, and used wood (used door and window frames) should not be used in construction of a new house. Old/Used material can be used while renovating the house.

17. Demolition of old houses should start from north-east and demolished materials should be deposited only in south or west portion of the site.

18. The north-east corner of the outer wall of the house or of a compound wall should not be rounded. 

19. Flooring of the house should be in such a way that it facilitates flow of water from south-west to north-east.

20. The septic tank should not be in the south-east, north-east or south-west corners of the plot. Pit for the septic tank should be in the north of north-west or west of north-west only. 

21. The main building should be constructed in the south-west of the plot leaving more open space in north and east. More open space in north or east gives name, fame and prosperity to the residents. Leaving more open space in south and west side of the house can affect the male members negatively, whereas in a factory, it leads to financial losses and disputes one of partners.

22. Depression in south-west can result in serious illness to the residents, whereas depression in north-west causes enmity and litigation. The depression in south portion of the building restricts growth, besides creating financial problems. 

23. South side of the building should always be higher than the north. This gives good health and prosperity to the residents. In case the north is higher than the south it results in ill health and losses.

24. West portion of the building should be higher than the east for favourable growth of children. A lower west leads to problems to and from children. 

25. South-west should be higher than north-east for all-round prosperity and good health. A higher north-east causes severe ill health and loss of prosperity for the owner.

26. Religious places, palaces, conference halls, monuments and public places can have uniform height in all directions.

27. The central portion or brahma-sthana should not be depressed. Heavy objects, wells, lifts and toilets are totally prohibited in the brahma-sthana.

28. Ancient works on Vastu identify on a certain risk points (marmasthan) in the site and any construction, wall, columns, beams, doors, pegs and nails are prohibited on these sensitive points. Careful handling of marmasthans while constructing can avoid lot of problems later on. 

29. There should be no construction of outhouse, garage, portico, etc., by taking the support of the compound wall or main building in north-east, south-east or the north-west directions.

30. It is always better to build both the compound floor and the structure above the road level. The foundation for the compound floor should be at least two feet above road level. The structure itself can be at least two feet above the ground level. This is to safeguard against any rise in road level over the years by frequent metalled of the road. 

31. To let in sufficient air and light, at least 30 per cent of house walls should have doors and windows. More windows should be kept towards north and east side of the house.

32. Balconies or terraces should be in north and east sides. 

33. Split levels are not recommended by ancient works on Vastu. Some modern scholars believe that to strengthen nairutya, the south-west room should be higher. 

34. Under no circumstances the rooms in south-west, south-east or the centre be recessed or lower than the level in north-east.