Vastu for a West Facing House: Main Door, Rooms and Plans

Where the main door goes

The main door goes on the west wall, toward its north-west half, away from the south-west corner. The road side gets the hall (living room), so guests enter the public part of the home first and the bedrooms stay private at the back.

Room placement

• Pooja room in the north-east, the most sacred corner. Keep toilets, the staircase and heavy storage out of it.
• Kitchen in the south-east (the fire corner), cooking facing east. The north-west is the accepted second choice.
• Master bedroom in the south-west, the heaviest and most stable corner of the house.
• Living room toward the north, east or north-east, where the light is best.
• Toilets toward the west or north-west; never in the north-east or the centre.
• Staircase in the south, west or south-west, climbing clockwise.
• The centre of the house (Brahmasthan) open and uncluttered, ideally without columns or toilets.
• Underground water (sump, borewell) in the north-east; the overhead tank over the south-west.

Making a west-facing home work

West-facing plots are often priced lower, and with the entrance placed toward the north-west they make good homes. The road side gets the strong afternoon sun, so shade west windows with a sit-out, chajjas or trees, and keep bedrooms toward the south-west.

Planning it on your own plot

Enter your plot size, choose West as the road side and pick your rooms in VARAIPADAM. It draws five layouts and shows, for each, whether the pooja room, kitchen and master bedroom sit in their Vastu zones, so you can compare and move rooms yourself.

Vastu guidance here is general and traditional. If it matters to your family, confirm the final plan with a Vastu practitioner, and have a licensed engineer check the structure.

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