Hobart Feng Shui Property Audit

Local homes and terrain

Hobart rises from the Derwent estuary up the slopes beneath Mount Wellington (kunanyi), so most homes sit on hillsides with sweeping water or mountain outlooks. Weatherboard cottages, Georgian sandstone, and split-level homes on steep blocks are typical.

Feng shui formations common in this city

On Hobart's slopes, traditional practice attends to grounding and to whether the land falls away sharply in front of the home. The Derwent's broad curve raises the embracing-versus-reverse water question, and hill roads on the contour can place a home on a convex (Reverse Bow, 反弓) bend.

The Chinese community here, and what they look at

Hobart's Chinese community is small but growing, and almost everything on the market sits on a slope. That single fact dominates a traditional reading here: whether the block rises behind the house or falls away in front, how steeply the driveway climbs, and where the entry sits on a split-level plan matter more than they would on flat ground.

Related formations

• Reverse Bow
• Water Bow
• Top Heavy