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 Feng Shui on All Open Spaces Should Not Be Part Of Floor Area
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Cecil Lee
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All open spaces should not be part of floor area Cecil Lee Cecil Lee support@geomancy.net
Appended by Cecil Lee: After reading the above article, does anyone know whether is there any relevance to Feng Shui? Make a guess..
Source & Credit: Todayonline.com
http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120423-0000044/All-open-spaces-should-not-be-part-of-floor-area
All open spaces should not be part of floor area
Letter from Kelvin Chan Yong Meng
04:45 AM Apr 23, 2012
I refer to the letter "Air-con ledges should not be part of floor area" (April 16) and agree that unusable floor areas such as air-conditioner ledges should be removed from the total floor area of units sold.
The authorities should also look at the trend of even larger, unusable spaces that have been conveniently included in floor areas. Balconies, planter boxes and terraces seem to be taking up a rising percentage of floor area, despite homes shrinking in size.
I believe this trend stems from the fact that such spaces are part of the total gross floor area.
This is being exploited by developers, who are the only ones who benefit from this as, logically, their cost per square foot (psf) of these areas is lower than that of liveable areas.
What is worse is that developers do not separately state the floor area of such open areas and instead quietly include it in the total floor area, treating it as a liveable area.
Open balconies and terraces are of no use to residents, who are unable to build any shelter or enclosure in the spaces they have purchased, leaving them at the mercy of our unpredictable weather.
Planter boxes, on the other hand, are essentially water troughs in our wet weather and thus contribute nothing towards our fight against mosquito breeding.
Developers are, however, allowed to build and sell them at the same psf cost as liveable areas, even though they seldom, if at all, come with more than a metal railing and floor tiles.
Yes, balconies, terraces and planters are essential to keeping green spaces in our concrete jungle. But they must not be exploited by developers as a method to maximise profits at the expense of buyers.
This practice should be stopped soon, before home buyers end up paying for more unusable, rather than liveable, spaces.
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Feng Shui on Finding The Centerpoint Or Center-of-gravity
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Cecil Lee
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Finding the Centerpoint or Center-of-gravity Cecil Lee Cecil Lee support@geomancy.net
For some of us, we will never associate this article with Feng Shui. Read On...
This article is a good reminder that when we try to find the centerpoint or center-of-gravity especially a home, we always try to consider (as far as possible) only the liveable spaces.
As far as possible (other than all those odd layouts with lots of indents and protrusions) often the garage, balcony(s) and exterior non-liveable spaces should be left out.
Next time, when one plot the centerpoint, just remember this article.
On 4/24/2012 8:00:25 AM, Anon (Hidden for Privacy) wrote:
>
>Appended by Cecil Lee: After
>reading the above article,
>does anyone know whether is
>there any relevance to Feng
>Shui? Make a guess..Source
>& Credit: Todayonline.com
>http://www.todayonline.com/Voi
>ces/EDC120423-0000044/All-open
>-spaces-should-not-be-part-of-
>floor-area
>All open spaces should not be
>part of floor area
>Letter from Kelvin Chan Yong
>Meng 04:45 AM Apr 23, 2012
>I refer to the letter "Air-con
>ledges should not be part of
>floor area" (April 16) and
>agree that unusable floor
>areas such as air-conditioner
>ledges should be removed from
>the total floor area of units
>sold.
> The authorities should
>also look at the trend of even
>larger, unusable spaces that
>have been conveniently
>included in floor areas.
>Balconies, planter boxes and
>terraces seem to be taking up
>a rising percentage of floor
>area, despite homes shrinking
>in size.
> I believe this trend
>stems from the fact that such
>spaces are part of the total
>gross floor area.
> This is being exploited
>by developers, who are the
>only ones who benefit from
>this as, logically, their cost
>per square foot (psf) of these
>areas is lower than that of
>liveable areas.
> What is worse is that
>developers do not separately
>state the floor area of such
>open areas and instead quietly
>include it in the total floor
>area, treating it as a
>liveable area.
> Open balconies and
>terraces are of no use to
>residents, who are unable to
>build any shelter or enclosure
>in the spaces they have
>purchased, leaving them at the
>mercy of our unpredictable
>weather.
> Planter boxes, on the
>other hand, are essentially
>water troughs in our wet
>weather and thus contribute
>nothing towards our fight
>against mosquito breeding.
> Developers are, however,
>allowed to build and sell them
>at the same psf cost as
>liveable areas, even though
>they seldom, if at all, come
>with more than a metal railing
>and floor tiles.
> Yes, balconies, terraces
>and planters are essential to
>keeping green spaces in our
>concrete jungle. But they must
>not be exploited by developers
>as a method to maximise
>profits at the expense of
>buyers.
> This practice should be
>stopped soon, before home
>buyers end up paying for more
>unusable, rather than
>liveable, spaces.-- END
>OF QUOTE --
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