Kei ngā kāinga hou, ina koa kei ngā tāngata taone, he iti noa ngā wāhi. Heoi anō, kāore i te tikanga kia wehe koe i te raweke o tētahi wāhi paraihe motuhake. Ko te kōwhiri i te whare paraihe tika mō tētahi wāhi iti e hiahiatia ana... wehe te whare pāpaku o te wāhi huihuinga. Me tino whiriwhiri koe i te whare paraihe tika mō te wāhi iti, me whai mātau ki ētahi take. Kei konei tētahi aratohu whānui hei āwhina i a koe kia whiriwhiri pai.
Ngā whare paraihe ā-koki : Tino pai mō ngā wharepaku heke kei te koki e wātea ana, ko ngā āhua diamond, rānei arc-shaped ka tāwhai tika i te wāhi whakamahinga, e homai ana i te wāhi nui ki te paraihe i te wā kotahi ka iti noa te rohe e noho ana.
Ngā whare paraihe rara (tuarā anake) : Hei tāwhai i ngā wharepaku pana, rānei roa, ka tāwhai enei ki tētahi tuarā anake ki te āhua māmā (panuka kiriata kua tohua, tātari tīmatanga), e noho iti ana i te wāhi, ā, e waihangia ana i te āhua maama, kāore i te whakapāhunu.
Kāore he amu/He torutoru anake ngā amu : Pai rawa atu mō ngā wāhi iti. Ko ngā āhua kāore he amu (kāore he amu/iti noa ngā amu) ka huaia he wāhi tūhono, e whakaatu ai i ngā wharepaku nui ake. Ko ngā āhua he torutoru anake ngā amu (ngā amu waenganui) ka tōtō i te tautoko me te wāhi tūhono.
Karaihe whakawera : Haumakatia ake i te kiriata tūhono—kātai ake, ā, pakaru ana ki ngā waahanga iti, pōroto. Kōwhirihia te kiriata māmā hei whakaatu i te whiti. E ētahi heu heu-kaipā clean, heu wai rānei.
Nga waka whatitiri : Tino pai mō ngā bati iti, ka karawhenua rātou ki runga i ngā ara kaua e hiahiatia ai te wāhi hei whakaputua. Ko ngā ara runga-kauta he āhua minimalist. Whakapaua kia manawa reka, kia māmā te horoi kia kaua e pakaru te para kia taraweti ai.
Kōpae Pōroki : He whakakapi atamira, ka pōroki ki te tuanui ina kāore i te whakamahinga—e iti ake i ngā kōpae karawhenu. He pai mō ngā huinga marino, katoa rānei ngā takotoranga ōrite.
Ngā Matū Horohoro : Kōwhiri i te miriro toto (kātai ki te parurenga, manawa reka) te rānei miramura tiketike (paketia, kātai me ngā āhua mārire).
Te Āhua Māmā-Horoi : Kōwhiri i ngā āhu maimoatia, kāore he porotī o waho; ko te kiriata heu wai-repellent he tino pai. Me whakakore ngā āhua pīroiroi e herehere ana i te para.
Ngaunenga Tika : Ngaunengia te wāhi tapenakanga i mua i te hoko, kaua ko te rahi o te whenua anake engari ko te teitei o te tahuna hoki. Whakapaua tēnei e whai wātea ana mō te urunga māmā me ētahi atu taputapu pērā i ngā panuku/paripari.
Rahi Itiiti : Kōwhiria ngā rūma paripari i hangaia mō ngā wāhi iti—ka iti ake te wāhi ka noho tonu ai te raweke. E whakaratonga ana ētahi kaihanga i ngā rahi ritenga hei tōwari tikangia.
Mā te whai i ēnei take katoa, ka taea e koe te kōwhiri i tētahi rūma paripari e tāwhai ana i tōu wāhi iti, engari ka tuku i tētahi wheako paripari e raweke, haumaru, ā heke hoki.