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| CORRECTION BY FENG SHUI by Roberto Piol Puppio Civil Engineer Certified 1.0
Justification
of this Communication
Although it seems lie, the Feng Shui is of the factors that the value of
the buildings for 3.000 years has been fixing to the east; and still it
continues it doing. It was after World War II, of the Korean War and the War of Vietnam,
that the West (specifically the coast the west of the United States) began to
listen on the Feng Shui; and what but it called the attention to him to the
North Americans: Eastern, without no cause (well-known then) were arranged
to pay a Premium by some properties, but that its Market Value?. This
disturbed to the intermediaries, and when they analyzed the reason of this,
they discovered that those buildings they had a good Feng Shui. Expert people in valuation like Orell C. Anderson (Prince - Waterhouse
Cooper), Sheida Hodge (General Electric), Randall Bell (Appraisal Institute),
Carol Cannon (Chasse Manhattan), John Hartman (RE/MAX); they have studied in
depth the subject and they concluded that an increase or diminution of the
value of a building exists depending of which the same one has a good or bad
Feng Shui. 2.0
What is
the Feng Shui?
The Chi is the central concept on which the Feng Shui is based. The Chi
can be translated like breath, or life-force. The Chi is ephemeral, cosmic, is
energy, is spirit and is matter. The Chi flows by all sides like lines of
energy. If these lines of energy? They flow smoothly, neither very fast nor very
slow, we will speak of Good Chi? (In Chinese: Sheng Chi). Nevertheless if the
same lines of energy? They flow very abruptly very fast or, then we spoke of a
Bad Chi? (In Chinese: Shar Chi). As well as they Good Chi? It is related to the harmony, the health, the
prosperity and the happiness; to the Bad Chi? It is related to him to the
hostility, the disease, the adversity and unhappiness. This way we can define to the Feng Shui like a series of rules and
principles to regulate the flow of the Chi in a building, in order to obtain
the suitable balance between the forces of the nature. The Feng Shui, in All the Eastern people do not create in the Feng Shui and some could
until feeling insulted to assume it. In the West, every day but people it believes in the Feng Shui, some
have assumed it like new style of decoration? And others, as something
fashionable. The objective of this study is simply to obtain corrective to the value, which circumscribes
a new tendency in the preference by certain buildings. 3,0 Theoretical bases of the Method of Correction by Feng Shui
3,1 Randall Bell, MBA (Appraisal Institute): The Feng Shui, is classified within Class II (Prime by
Motivations non Related to the Market) of the Bell Chart (Bell Chart) for the
Valuation of Buildings under Detrimental Conditions. 3,2 Orson C. Anderson, MBA (Prince Waterhouse Cooper): A buyer that specially is motivated by the Feng Shui,
would be arranged to pay by a building, until a 5% over its Market Value. 3,3 Sheida Hodge, MBA (Professional Training Worldwide): In the south of the State of 4,0 The Correction by Feng Shui is Additional
and Independent of the Market 4,1 The Model of Detrimental Conditions: Professor Randall Bell, in its Real book State Damages: An Analysis of
Detrimental Conditions (Damages to Buildings: An Analysis of Detrimental
Conditions); it exposes a Model of Detrimental Conditions, where the first step
to consider is the Unimpaired Value, that is the value of the building as if
the Detrimental Condition did not exist. This Unimpaired Value reflected like Point
To in the Graph. Once it happens or the Detrimental Condition is
discovered, the value of the building falls until Point B , the value
during this period is considered as but under the property and it is reflected
like significant a discount in the probable sale price of the good (as it is).
Some detrimental conditions require of an evaluation (technical, environmental
or economic) in order to determine if the same one is recoverable, in case the
evaluation were favorable, the model would reflect an increase until Point C
. Once begun the repair of the building, the model will register another
increase until arriving at Point D . The Point and will reflect
the Value of the building once considered the costs repair. Point F reflects
Risk of the Market or stigma, and it is represented by multiple options: The
Optimist, almost indicates the return to his Unimpaired Value and the Pessimist
indicates a value below Point E.
4,2 The
4,3 Classification of the Feng Shui within the
As you can be observed in both graphs, a Premium over the Unimpaired
Value exists, that is the value fixed by the market; nevertheless in the
primary graph it is observed that the Premium happens itself single by once,
and after passing a time interval the Value of the building returns to the
Market Value; whereas in the secondary graph the condition that the premium
generated maintains on the life of the good. 4,3 Conclusion: The
correction by Feng Shui, is additional and independent to the appreciated elements
or concepts to determine the Market Value of a building. 5,0 Buildings with good Feng Shui can reach a Premium of 5% on the Value
of Mercado 5.1 Introduction of Orell C. Anderson: Feng Shui (Literally it means “Wind and Fire”), in an old system
Chinese of notions on the conjugation between the physical life and the
atmosphere of I work using the concept of harmony. These notions, they can
impact the value of a land or construction, either residence or commercial, in
places where the preference of the buyers is motivated by this belief. Premiums on the value of the market is paid by properties that have a
good Feng Shui; or seen in another way: Properties with a bad Feng Shui can
suffer a long one time of sales, to receive offers for a smaller price that the
market or not to be considered by the buyers. 5.2 Those Observations of Orell C. Anderson: Those observations previous of Mr. Anderson, it is based on a great
number of cases of study. Next, to illustrative way, the following one will be
developed case: The property in study, he/she belongs together to a rectangular land,
with an area of 122,425 sq - ft, with in front of 3 streets in a commercial /
industrial zone. The land lot was bought in the autumn of 1995 by 10.68 US $/
sq - ft and a Good Feng Shui (Hills to the north, slight slope to the south
that it finishes in a lake). Analyzing this transaction, perished to be that said property was sold
with a “premium”, to the one to compare it with other similar properties;
therefore, the one was developed following method to determine the value of the
“supposed premium” that enjoys the land for the fact of having a “good” Feng
Shui.
The series of index them without correcting he/she goes from 9.92 to
12.96 The Market Value, once corrected is of 10.20 US $/ sq - ft (Market
Value). When comparing this value with the price of sale of the land (10.68 5.3 Conclusions of Orell C. Anderson: 1) a buyer would be willing to pay for a property with good Feng Shui,
until a quantity of approximately Five percent (5%) about their Market Value.
2) a proprietor of property with bad Feng Shui, will have difficulty of selling
it inside some years. 6.0 Implementation of the Methodology of Correction 6.1 Theoretical Basis: This
methodology is based on those the aforementioned experts' observations and the
same one is based in Three (3) basic foundations: a) The correction factor is
additional and independent to the market value; b) The maximum correction for
Feng Shui will be the Five percent (5%) of the market value, commonly
calculated by the methods accepted in the appraisal engineering and c) Only
they will be part of this correction, the uncorrectable elements that affect to
the property. 6.2 Remedies of the Feng Shui: Procedures exist to alleviate or to hide the defects of Feng Shui,
balancing the ying and yang] of a
property, harmonizing the Five (5) elements, attracting the “Good Chi” or to be
protected of the influence of the “Bad Chi.” These remedies are those that commonly use the
specialists in Feng Shui or geomantic to adapt the decoration of a property or
set in function of their defects. However, for this work some defects will be studied “uncorrectable” or
situations that for their topographical, local or constructive characteristics
they don't admit modifications (or remedies) and their presence or not, they
are enough for that a property is classified as of a good or bad Feng Shui and
it should be corrected by this concept. 6.3 Corrections for Feng Shui: For the field of the Rating Real state, in order to maintain the
objectivity of the method and according to all the carried out investigations,
the elements will be classified that generate a good or bad Feng Shui, and that
therefore they require correction, of the following one it forms: a) Corrections to consider at
Houses: a-1) Correction
for Topography and Geographical Orientation a-1-1) Topography a-1-2) Geographical orientation of the hose main entrance a-1-3) Slope of the access road to the house a-2) Correction for Shape and Location a-2-1) it forms of the parcel or of the property a-2-2) Location of the property inside the lot a-3) Correction for bodies of water and streets a-3-1) Water flows a-3-2) Level of water bodies a-3-3) Streets, roads, highways and freeways b) Corrections
to consider at Buildings: b-1) Correction
for Neighborhood and Height of the Buildings b-1-1) The Homogeneity of the buildings height b-1-2) Location of the buildings but high b-1-3) The Height (floor number) of the apartment or office (Consideration
special: Local in Lobby) b-2) Correction
for Shape and Location b-2-1) Land shape or property shape b-2-2) Location of the property inside the lot b-3) Correction for bodies of water and streets b-3-1) Current of Waters b-3-2) Levels of water bodies c)
Special cases: Absolute Defects : c-1) Garbage or
sanitary filler View c-2) Cemetery
View c-3) Died person
in the property 7.0 Inspections Forms
7.1 General characteristics: It is very difficult to reduce to figures a “millennial art”, where
they combine religious elements, physical observations, statistic,
superstitions and many types of subjectivities and adaptations in the time and
in the space. In these Inspections Forms, of easy understanding, punctuation will be
generated from 0 to 3 for each correction element to analyze. 7.2 sources: Each
element to consider has a “Weigh” inside their correction. This “Relative
Weigh”, was dear based on the importance that authors, press articles and
Places consulted Web grant to the same one. The main characteristic of the elements here selected to calculate the
Correction for Feng Shui, consists in that almost coincide all the in them
writers and analyzed specialists. In the texts studied and Internet is approached varied topics, but
mainly those related to the decoration and disposition of the furniture in a
house or office; leaving almost completely disregarded to the correlation that
exists between the Value of a Property and their Feng Shui. 7.3 obtaining of the Result: The Sum of the different punctuations times their corresponding
Specific Weighs, will be defined as “SUM.” The Market Value of the property, properly commonly calculated by the
Appraisal methodology accepted and calculated in an independent way: Will be
defined as Vm. PFS is defined to the “Premium for Feng Shui”, and it will be calculated
according to the following relationship:
And it represents the “premium” that believes a property that Good Feng
Shui. Therefore the Value of the Property (Vi), will come defined for:
They are been able to subdivide the Inspections Forms in Four Groups: 1º) Defects of Wrong Premonition (Bad Omen): It corresponds to the identified Inspection Form as:
“CORRECTION FOR ABSOLUTE DEFECTS”; if it is presented in the property some of
the cases that there you they reflect (Garbage or sanitary fill view. Cemetery
view or some Person deceased inside the property) correction doesn't exist for
Feng Shui and will not exist the Premium about the Value of the Market of the
property. 2º) Correction for Feng Shui to Houses: They have grouped for the calculation of the PFS for houses, as well as
other types of isolated properties or contained, preferably in suburban areas,
or low density residential developments where there aren't accumulate
buildings, the following Inspection Forms: 2-A) CORRECTION FOR TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHICAL ORIENTATION: Here it is
to determine if the geographical factors as they are the topography,
orientation and slope they alter the flow of the Chi in the property. It has
been to reduce to the minimum those observations for this concept in order to
minimize the subjectivity to the moment of the inspection. 2-B) CORRECTION FOR SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY AND LOCATION IN THE LOT: On
the form and location of the property, a considerable quantity of bibliography
exists, here it was of defining two important concepts: The properties with
regular and symmetrical shape, they have better Chi that the irregular ones;
and the position of the property on the lot it optimizes the flow of the Chi
when the house is centered (in theory the back yard should be lightly bigger to
the front yard); and it minimizes when the displaced house being (embedded to
some boundary). In virtue of the quantity of locations and possible shapes, it
registers blank spaces so that the appraiser can consider these intermediate
cases. 2-C) CORRECTION FOR WATER BODIES AND STREETS, ROADS, AVENUES OR
HIGHWAYS: The good one or bad Chi is believed according to the flow of the same
one through a property. The rivers, streams, lakes, sea; generates “matter
flows” that will affect the Chi. in the same way the automobiles and people
also generate a flow when moving for streets, roads, highways, avenues, etc. In this Inspection Forms, is reflected the quality the water (clean or unsanitary
water); the level of the water bodies with regard to the property; and
especially the address of the flow of vehicles in the intersections. 3º Correction for Feng Shui of Apartments, and Offices Buildings: For the calculation of the PFS of a building (and for
extension to those apartments or offices), they are used the same ones
basically Inspection Forms, however the Form “CORRECTION FOR TOPOGRAPHY AND
GEOGRAPHICAL ORIENTATION” it will be substituted by the Inspection Forms
“CORRECTION BY VECIDARIO (I)” and “CORRECTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD (II)”. Likewise,
the Inspection Form “CORRECTION FOR WATER BODIES AND STREETS, ROADS, AVENUES OR
HIGHWAYS” will be modifying. 3-A) CORRECTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD (I): In this Inspection Form, it will
be considered the homogeneity of the Height of the Building Object of the
Rating with regard to the neighbors, of way that a homogeneous neighborhood
facilitates the flow of the Chi and therefore very low or very high buildings with
regard to the surrounding ones will bring a bad Feng Shui to the property. A similar reasoning to the one described in the Inspection Form
“CORRECTION BY TOPOGRAPHY” for houses, it resides in the fact that neighboring
properties exist but high or but first floor that the building in study to the
front or in their later part (to the main entrance), being an indicative one a
wrong or good Feng Shui. 3-B) CORRECTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD (II): This Inspection Form is separated
from the previous one, because it brings a new concept with regard to the
Commercial Store. In first place is studied the current of the flow of the Chi
in a building, being this bigger while but high is the apartment or office.
However this it is not applicable to the Commercial Store in the building
lobby. In theory for the case of the Commercial Store, it is looked for that
the same ones you find inside intersections that guarantee flows of Chi from
varied points to that It converge in the store. But it should also be avoided
that the entrance of the commercial establishment it is on-line straight line
with a street or sidewalk. For these cases the best Feng Shui will correspond
to a local in corner with entrance in angle that is not aligned with any street
or sidewalk. 4º) Forms of Calculation:
Once made the inspection, certain the Value of the Market and to have stuffed
each Inspection Form carefully according to the property type, you will proceed
to calculate the Premium for Feng Shui (PFS) and the Corrected Value of the
Property (Vi), by means of one of Two (2) Inspection Forms (one corresponding
to Houses and the other one corresponding to Buildings). 9.0 Conclusions and Suggestions
The case of Feng Shui is very special, first for its millennial
tradition and later because It’s in fashion in occident and every day there is
but and but followers for this art. In fact, it is very little Feng Shui that has been in this work but as
impartial as possible, in order to guarantee the objectivity in the application
of the method. A lot of people it looks for in the Feng Shui something that doesn't
mention you in this work: to Achieve a set pleasant. But in my approach, the
value of a property dedicated to that a human being passes most of the day (it
is house or business), it should be directly proportional to the “comfort” that
can offer; and that is also it leaves of the oriental philosophy. They are had only studied the cases that are not lent to doubts or
confusions or subjectivities to the moment of the inspection. But this alone it
is a part tiny of the techniques of Feng Shui. Roberto Piol Puppio Civil Engineer e-mail: rpiol@yahoo.com Phone. (58) (212) 541.34.21 / (58) (0416) 625.94.31 Address: Sociedad to Traposos Pasaje Zingg Ofc. 245. Bibliography: ALEXANDER, Christopher: The
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