Vastu checklist for Bangalore apartments and villas before you buy

Bangalore homebuyers often compare several projects at once - a new launch on one side of the city, a gated villa on another, a resale flat closer to work. Reviewing Vastu at the floor plan stage is far easier than correcting a space after you move in.

Start with the entrance. Note the direction of the main door of the unit itself, not only the tower or the community gate. In an apartment, the flat is read from its own floor plan and centre.

Next, look at the north-east and south-west of the unit. An open, light north-east and a stable south-west, often suited to the main bedroom, are among the points that usually matter most.

Then check the kitchen and toilets. Their positions are fixed by the builder, so the question is whether difficult zones can be balanced through colour, material and placement rather than structural change.

For villas and independent plots there is more freedom, and also more to plan: the entrance, the north-south axis and the land itself. Where the plot is not yet built, a land energy assessment can come first.

Astro Vastu adds one more layer by reading each zone against the birth charts of the people who will live there, so two families can receive different priorities for identical units. Consultations for Bangalore properties are held online using the floor plan, photographs and birth details.