A young couple came to me through their parents.
To be honest, I usually don’t take on HDB searches. Not because it’s impossible — but because finding a good Feng Shui HDB unit is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Still, their parents were long-time clients. So I agreed.
They were targeting Ang Mo Kio. Close to family, and eligible for the proximity grant.
For two months, we viewed multiple units. Then one day, we found “the one.”
Near the mall. About 150 metres to the MRT. A relatively new block — under 10 years old. On paper, it ticked every box.
The couple was excited. You could feel it.
But the moment I checked the facing… something was wrong.
Very wrong.
The block sat right between two mountains. In Feng Shui, we call this Yin-Yang Dao — a line where the energy cannot settle.
I took multiple readings. All confirmed the same thing: it had no clear direction. No stable Qi.
To most buyers, this means nothing.
To me, it means this: the house cannot support you. And more importantly… it cannot hold value properly.
After the viewing, I explained everything. The son understood.
But the daughter-in-law… you could see the disappointment. They had already imagined living there.
The current owners were a young family with two children. The home was in poor condition. Both parents were doing food delivery.
During the viewing, their 8- or 9-year-old daughter was looking after her 3-year-old brother. They were there when we walked in.
You could see it in their eyes.
They wanted out.
Before we left, I told my client, “Take a look at the neighbouring units.”
From the corridor, we peeked inside. Same feeling. One after another.
The entire stack carried the same energy.
Just a few degrees off… and the whole block could have been different.
But here, the Qi doesn’t breathe. It gets stuck.
And when you step into a place like this, getting in is easy.
Getting out… is another story.
What This House Revealed
Not every “good location” is a good decision.
Some houses look convenient, feel exciting, and make financial sense on paper.
But underneath, they are hard to live in… and even harder to leave.
If you buy into a place like this, and you don’t have the margin to renovate, stage, or take a loss… you may find yourself stuck longer than expected.
Feng Shui is not about making a house lucky.
It’s about knowing which houses quietly work against you — and avoiding them before you step in.
