There is something seriously wrong with the house across the road. Bad Feng Shui or something I’m guessing. I’ve lived in my house for 34 years, which is a bit of a record as Australians are quite nomadic. So I am quite well versed in the street’s residents and I am convinced that number 9 across the street has something wrong about it. It spells disaster for relationships.
The people who built the house lived in it until they passed away within weeks of one another in 1980. Then Sandy and Rose bought it, extensively renovated it, and got married. And separated after 8 months, after being together for 11 years. Then Marianne and Paul bought it. And after two home births and a marriage of 8 years, he left her for his highschool sweetheart. Then David and Joanne rented it for a bit from Marianne, who had moved away. They broke up 6 months later.
At this point, we in the street were seeing a definite pattern. The house was then sold again, to Tim and Carolyn, who were a very enthusiastic happy couple planning a wedding. They went overseas for 4 months, and only one came home. The for sale sign goes up next week.
My question is, should this house come with a warning? And how would you word it “abandon happy ever plans all who enter”? Yep, definitely cursed. :rolleyes:
Well go take a tour of it! Tell us about the floorplan. Can you tell where the bed in the master bedroom is placed, in relation to the doors and windows?
I’ve read just a little bit on Feng Shui and found it quite interesting. Architects and interior designers are studying some of the same things, y’know, how space effects human beings. Starbucks didn’t get to be Starbucks by throwing together old chairs and overpriced coffee.
My house is cursed. Before I bought it, the male owner of the house always died within 5 years of buying the house.
I’m coming up on 10 years now, so either I broke the curse or this is like Final Destination. I missed my appointed time, and when death finally catches up to me the retaliation is going to be a real bitch.
Johnny L.A. - that’s fantastic! I’m going to put it on the fridge! Fessie - the house itself is weatherboard and has a big front verandah. The weatherboards are painted white and the trim is in a heritage maroon and navy blue. The windows are its best feature, gorgeous intricate leadlight design. The one thing that always struck me as odd it that the master bedroom is in the front of the house, which means when the blinds are up, you can the bed from the street (and if I stand on a milkcrate and peek through the crack … nevermind). The formal lounge is directly on the right from the front door and the hallway leads to the kitchen at the back of the house. To the left of the master bedroom is a temporary wall dividing the additional bedroom into two. The clothesline out the back is an interesting oddity too - it’s a home made one and is so big, you could hang out the sheets from the Hilton on it. And have space left over for the towels.
But then again, you’re probably right. It’s me. I need to get myself exorcised.
I’ll have to go look in my book - but just on instinct I don’t think it’s a good idea to have the master bedroom facing the front yard. How are people supposed to enjoy sweaty snuggle bunnies when the neighbors can easily see/hear it? Particularly neighbors who have a cache of milk crates!
And just a temporary wall separating it from the other bedrooms? That doesn’t sound like a lot of privacy.
Our master bedroom is in the right rear quadrant. IIRC, that’s a great location.
We’ve always used the front bedroom for our master bedroom, so that when the gunfire in the street starts, it has to go through us to get to the kids’ rooms in the back of the house. (We have never had gunfire in the backyard, knock on wood.)
Yes, my neighborhood is spiraling downward, to my disappointment.
Slight hijack, but it amuses me to no end that Feng Shui has become some kind of mystical “Oriental” interior designing ju-ju thing in Western culture that involves placing the sofa so that it’s tilted exactly 47.3 degrees away from the south wall and 3’ 2" from the window and must face east so it absorbs enough qi or some other form of Asian life-energy. We learned about Feng Shui in history and geography classes and it was originally used for planning cities and palaces, involving mysterious directions such as “It’s a good idea to build a city next to a river.” :smack:
(I’m not saying that anybody here buys into the Asian mysticism aspect of Feng Shui, but a lot of people out there do.)
Space does affect humans, but there’s nothing really mystical or Asian about it. Although it’d be extremely interesting to read about studies done on whether houses that have a reputation for being cursed share some kind of common structure/floorplan/color scheme.
