Pond Location – My Second Pond

I have the opportunity to build my second pond when I purchased an old corner terrace house. As I was doing some A&A (Alterations and Additions) to my newly bought house, it gives me now the flexibility to include a pond into the overall plan.

The backyard in the new house is small, so no more backyard koi pond this time. Instead, my new corner terrace has space at the side and also a relatively large front yard.

We decided to locate the Koi pond at the side of the house, as close to the building as possible, so that we can enjoy the views of the Koi from the dining room (left of picture below). Large sliding doors at the dining room can be opened to bring us closer to our garden pond from the dining room.

View of Koi pond from the dining room.

The pond included a waterfall to provide oxygen for the Koi and to provide the soothing sound of cascading water for the humans. In the picture above, the waterfall is behind the large bird-nest fern and overgrown with money plants and pennywort. Feng Shui tip: The location and facing of the waterfall is such that the water must flow towards the house.

Building tip: If you are building your pond close to the house, I would suggest that you get an architect and/or qualified person (QP) to review the foundation of the house during the pond design and before the construction. Deep excavation close to the house may affect the building structure.