Tick what worries you about your home, from a door in a cautioned pada to a toilet in the north-east, and this finder shows, for each, what kind of rule it is, the free steps first, the steps that cost a little, and what is not needed. Every entry comes from this site’s own pages, chiefly remedies without demolition and when a room cannot move. The plain answer is the same for all twenty: the classical texts read for this site ask for ritual and respect, not for demolition or objects to buy.
How it works
The list has twenty common worries, grouped by part of the home: the entrance, the kitchen, bedrooms, toilets and water, worship, stairs and the centre, the plot, and light and air. Each is labelled classical, where a verse of the Brihat Samhita speaks to it, or modern, where the rule is a convention that was not found in the verses read.
For each one you tick, the result gives what the text or the convention says, in one or two lines, then the free steps, the steps that cost a little, a line on what is not needed, and the matching tool and guide on this site. The result opens with a count of the worries and the free steps, and how many of them have a verse behind them.
Reading the result
Read the free steps first. Most are about order, light, air and where a piece of furniture stands, and none needs a builder. Turning a bed so the head points south or east, the one directional rule for a bed with a verse behind it (53.124), costs nothing. So does keeping the middle of the home clear, which the Brihat Samhita asks for (53.66).
The classical label does not mean the worry is serious. It means a verse speaks to it, and the entry quotes what the verse itself offers. Often that is gentle: an obstruction farther from the gate than twice the house’s height does no harm (53.76), and a troublesome tree that cannot be removed is answered by planting good trees between (53.87).
Where traditions differ
The modern remedy market sells pyramids, copper strips, yantras, crystals, salt bowls and mirrors as corrections. None appears in the verses read for this site. That does not make them harmful, and some people find one a helpful focus, but they are optional, and the finder never lists one as a step.
On some worries the classical text and popular Vastu point different ways. On slope, the Brihat Samhita puts level ground first and allows the east or north to be slightly higher (53.116), while the popular rule wants the south-west highest. The entry shows both.
What it does not do
It does not promise that any step will bring a result, and it makes no prediction. It does not replace an engineer for a structural question, a plumber for damp, an arborist for an unsafe tree, or a doctor for anyone who is unwell. If worry about the house is affecting sleep or relationships, the house is rarely the real cause; in India, Tele-MANAS is a free mental health helpline on 14416, open at all hours.
For a whole-home view, the Vastu self-check asks sixteen questions, and what the texts say about remedies explains where the modern remedies come from.
Frequently asked questions
↳ Do I need to demolish or rebuild to fix a Vastu defect?
No. None of the classical verses read for this site asks for it. Any structural change should come from an engineer's advice about the building, not from a direction.
↳ What remedies do the classical texts themselves give?
Ritual and care: worship of the deities of the site, an entrance made with ceremony (53.82), care of the centre (53.66), and, for a tree that cannot be removed, planting good trees between (53.87). Not objects to buy.
↳ Do pyramids, crystals and salt bowls work as Vastu remedies?
They do not appear in the classical verses read for this site and are modern additions. This site makes no claim that they work and does not recommend any product.
↳ My toilet is in the north-east. What can I do?
Keep the door closed and the lid down, keep the room clean, dry and ventilated, and use it only for its purpose. No toilet rule was found in the texts read for this site, and none asks for a toilet to be moved.
↳ What can a tenant do without the landlord's permission?
Almost everything that matters: turn the bed so the head points south or east, rearrange furniture, change how rooms are used, improve light and air, and keep the home clean and uncluttered.
↳ How can I tell if a consultant is fear-selling?
If they predict illness, failure or loss, guarantee a result, ask for demolition or push a product, ask which text and verse they rely on. A sincere person can tell you, or will say it is a modern convention.