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An east-facing plot gets the morning sun on its front, and Vastu treats it almost as well as north: the open front setback falls on the east, where open space is wanted.
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The main door goes on the east wall, towards its middle or north-east half — never in the south-east corner. The living room and pooja sit towards the north-east. Put the master bedroom in the south-west and the kitchen in the south-east, which on this plot is the front-left corner as you face the house.
North is up. The road side is marked; the room in each zone is the one Vastu places there first.
| Room | Best zones, in order |
|---|---|
| Pooja room | north-east, north, east |
| Living room | north, north-east, east |
| Kitchen | south-east, north-west |
| Dining | west, east, north |
| Master bedroom | south-west, south, west |
| Bedroom | south, west, north-west |
| Children's room | west, north-west, south |
| Guest room | north-west, north, south |
| Study | west, north, east, north-east |
| Bathroom / toilet | north-west, west, south |
| Staircase | south, south-west, west |
| Store | south-west, south, west |
| Car parking | north-west, south-east, north |
Keep the centre of the house — the Brahmasthan — open: a hall, a courtyard or a skylight, never a column, a toilet or a staircase.
With indicative setbacks of 6 ft in front, 3 ft at the rear and none at the sides (common on narrow plots), the house can be about 20 × 31 ft — 620 sq ft a floor. That is a comfortable 1 BHK on the ground floor; with a first floor, a 2 BHK with a staircase in the south or west. Setbacks, floor area ratio and height limits come from your local development authority or municipality — check them before you build.
The east front yard takes the lawn and the parking; a reflecting pool or urli in the north-east, a fire pit or barbecue in the south-east. Vastu keeps the north and east low and open — lawn, a tulsi plant near the door, water in the north-east — and puts weight in the south and west: palms or tall trees along that boundary, the overhead tank in the south-west. Fire belongs in the south-east: a fire pit or the outdoor kitchen. Vaastukriti's 3D view lays this garden out for you from the plot and the setbacks.
An east-facing plot gets the morning sun on its front, and Vastu treats it almost as well as north: the open front setback falls on the east, where open space is wanted. The main door goes on the east wall, towards its middle or north-east half — never in the south-east corner. The living room and pooja sit towards the north-east.
With typical setbacks the buildable footprint is about 620 sq ft per floor — roughly a 1 BHK on the ground floor, or a 2 BHK across ground and first floor. Your city's bye-laws decide the exact setbacks.
In the south-east (Agni), with the cook facing east; the north-west is the accepted alternative. Never in the north-east.