Vastu Consultant for Homes in Dubai and the UAE

Yes. Directions are absolute, so a compass in a Dubai apartment reads the same North as one in Mumbai, and the principles that follow from it, where fire, water, sleep and prayer belong, travel with you. What changes is the building, and UAE homes are very different from the flats most Indian Vastu advice was written for.

The guide to Vastu for NRI homes abroad explains what transfers unchanged and what needs rethinking. This page looks at the questions particular to the UAE: towers, villas and townhouses, the heat, sealed air, and keeping a mandir and festivals in a home far from India.

Start with the entrance, the kitchen and the master bedroom, then look at the tower's quirks. Many UAE towers have curved facades, angled corners and wedge-shaped units, so the Vastu grid does not sit neatly on the plan and placing each zone takes more care than in a rectangular flat.

Kitchens are often closed galley units with a fixed hob, which shifts the work to the direction you face while cooking, plus colour, light and placement. Balconies are frequently glazed in or rarely used in summer. The guide to apartments in Dubai, Singapore and London covers these in more detail.

A villa is read as a plot as well as a house: the gate, garden, pool, parking and internal stairs all count. Water, including a pool or fountain, sits more comfortably in the North, North-East or East. A pool elsewhere is balanced with remedies around it and by keeping the South-West of the house heavy and settled; nobody is asked to fill it in.

Townhouses share side walls and take light from the front and back, so a bright, uncluttered middle matters. In both, the internal staircase is better in the South, South-West or West than the North-East. Many families come and go through the garage or kitchen door; use the main door regularly too, and keep its approach clear and well lit.

Community and building rules often limit changes to the outside of a home, which is one more reason the remedies here are non-structural.

They turn light, air and glare into the practical issues. For much of the year UAE homes stay sealed with the air-conditioning running, so the fresh air Vastu values has to be brought in deliberately rather than left to open windows.

Open the windows in the cooler months and early mornings, keep kitchen and bathroom exhausts working, and keep the North-West, the zone of वायु (Vayu, the air element), free of clutter. Sheer and blackout curtains on the West and South-West tame the afternoon glare, and heavier furniture along those walls keeps the home grounded. Fine dust settles quickly, so a clean entrance and a clean North-East are part of the weekly routine, not a festival task.

A small mandir in the North-East of the home, with you facing East or North while you pray, works in any apartment or villa. If the North-East is a bathroom or a wardrobe wall, a clean shelf in the North-East of the living room is a simple alternative.

Many buildings have sensitive smoke detectors and rules about open flames. Light a diya briefly with ventilation, keep incense away from detectors, or use electric lamps where flames are not allowed. Follow the muhurat calculated for your own city rather than India's. The guide to celebrating Diwali abroad covers the festive week, and a Griha Pravesh for a new home can be planned during the consultation itself.

Yes, because every remedy used here is portable. Many families in the UAE rent and move every few years, and a plan that assumed twenty years in one home would be no use to them.

Bed placement, sleeping direction, desk direction, colour in soft furnishings, lighting, crystals and activated pyramids all travel with you and leave nothing behind for the landlord. The guide to Vastu for rented flats lists what works. If you are about to sign, a quick comparison of two or three shortlisted plans before you commit is often the most useful step of all.

Sessions run from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm UAE time, Monday to Saturday. The UAE is 1 hour 30 minutes behind Indian Standard Time all year, and neither country changes its clocks, so the 9 am to 7 pm IST window never shifts. For many families Saturday is a day off, which makes it an easy choice. The guide to timing a session across time zones has more.

Before an online session, send the floor plan with North marked, the compass readings and photographs of every room; the preparation checklist lists the details. Dr. Kimaya studies them, discusses them with you on a video call in English, Hindi, Marathi or Gujarati, and sends a written report, with follow-up as you apply it. If you would rather she saw the home in person, Dr. Kimaya travels for site visits, arranged on the free first call; the analysis and the written report are the same either way. The online Vastu consultation page explains the online service.