A feng shui audit for a business office reads how the space supports the people working in it, then turns that into practical adjustments: where key people sit, how the layout flows, and what to change or avoid. It is grounded in the office’s floor plan and the charts of the people who run the business, not generic rules. It works best when it happens before you move in or fit out, while the layout is still open to change.

What the audit covers

A proper office audit looks at:

• An on-site visit and the floor plan. The starting point is the actual space and its layout: the building’s orientation, the flow of the floor, and how the areas relate to each other. This is the spatial layer, read through systems like Flying Star.
• The BaZi charts of the founder and key staff. The layout is read against the people who drive the business, so the placement supports them specifically rather than following a one-size-fits-all template.
• Desk and seating placement. Where the founder, leadership, and key roles sit, and which directions they face, based on both the space and the people.
• A remedies and adjustments report. A written set of specific changes: what to move, activate, avoid, and prioritise, so the recommendations are actionable rather than abstract.

Best done before you move in or fit out

The single biggest factor in how useful an audit is comes down to timing. When it happens before you move in, while the space is still bare or the fit-out is still being designed, the recommendations can be built into the layout from the start. Partition walls, the reception, the main entrance flow, where the leadership sits, and the direction of key desks can all be shaped around the reading rather than worked around after the fact.

Once the office is already fitted out and occupied, the same audit becomes about adjusting within fixed constraints. Still worthwhile, but the room to act is narrower.

A bare unit and an existing office are different jobs

How the audit runs depends on the state of the space. For an existing, occupied office, the work is more contained: read the space and the people, then recommend adjustments within what is already there.

For a bare unit being fitted out, the audit becomes part of the design process. It runs alongside the interior designer and architect, feeding into the layout as it is drawn. This takes longer and involves more coordination, and the timeline depends on the complexity of the fit-out and how many parties are involved. It also produces the strongest result, because the space is shaped correctly from the start.

On-site or remote?

On-site is preferred. Standing in the space and reading its orientation and flow first-hand gives the most accurate picture. A remote audit is possible when an on-site visit is not practical, working from the floor plan, measurements, and orientation details. Since clients come from many countries, remote audits are a normal part of the practice, with on-site as the default where the location allows.

What you walk away with

The output is not a vague sense of good energy. It is a specific, written set of recommendations tied to your floor plan and your people: where to sit, which areas to activate or avoid, what to adjust, and in what order. For a business, that means a workspace built to support the people running it, decided before the layout is locked in wherever possible.