Selecting the best positioning for your windows and doors. When choosing windows and doors for a new build, it’s not just what you like or what you can afford that count. There are plenty of other indicators that need to be considered, including the crucial question of which way you want to have the doors and windows facing.

Some people use basic compass readings for this, while others rely on Fung Shui methods, which are briefly explained below:

“A good Feng Shui house is a house that attracts good Feng Shui energy, nourishes it and channels it throughout the whole house. From good quality air to a strong Feng Shui front door, there are several basic requirements for good Feng Shui in any house”

Dominique Vorillon

Feng Shui is the art or practice of positioning objects, and especially building entries, based on a belief in patterns of Yin and Yang and the flow of Chi… The main entrance door of a Feng Shui house or apartment should be designed to welcome, strengthen and channel incoming energy throughout the entire home.

Believers in Feng Shui say the correct placement of the main entrance will nourish a home and create good fortune for its occupants. And, whether you believe in this ancient practise or not, the placement strategy of a building’s doors and windows — in a new or a renovated building — on particular walls can determine the kind of natural light that enters a home, and even the temperature inside. So it’s a really important decision to make.

Climate definitely plays a role, and doors and windows facing south will receive sunrays from morning to night, (south and west is where the sun shines in the hottest part of the day will receive the most heat). Therefore, glass doors and windows facing south or west should have overhangs that protect them from the harshest weather.