Would this put you off a house?

[peekaboo321]

These are the stairs - in my living room. Would it annoy you or not bother you?

It wouldn't be a deal breaker

If I had a choice id never buy a house with stairs in the living room.

I wouldn't mind it - I looked at plenty of houses like it. I would actually prefer it to tightly boxed in stairs. But I've never lived in one like that and hadn't factored in the heat going up, which now I know from all these comments!

It would put me off a bit tbh.

I've been in rented for the past 10 years that has stairs off the living room and it's just too cold. All the heat escapes and we end up spending the winter upstairs. I'm actively looking for houses with stairs off the hallway instead.

I like it. I can't stand dark hallways.
But you already own this house?

I wouldn't mind it. I suppose you could box them in and then have a window to cast light into them.

Stairs in the living room and front doors that open straight into the living room are my two biggest nopes when house hunting. No particular reason for the stairs one, I just don't like it. So yes, it would put me off.

I always wanted a house like this because it seems like it would magical on Christmas morning, sneaking down to see the Christmas presents under the tree...

But that's probably not the best reason to say yes ☺️

I don’t like it personally and it would put me off

Only if someone were coming down the stairs on all fours, then yes it would put me off the house.

i'd move the sofa at the base of the stairs forward by 3ft and put a glass wall or rom divider behind the sofa (like the picture) so there is effectively a corridor around the back corner of the room and you don't see the stairs so much. it would also make the room feel cosier.

I wouldn't if I had a choice. I much prefer a stair case having their own walls or to be in a hallway.

It would put me off,
cooking smells and noise going upstairs, also I would worry about a fire spreading.
if it was the only negative I would just have them boxed in and put a sun tunnel in the landing or something.

Sun tunnel is a good idea. Ours are boxed in, but the walls are white, the lighting is bright and there is a window opposite the top of the stairs so they don’t feel dark and gloomy at all.

Doesnt bother me

To me it's better any day than the usual layout in terraces where you open your front door and the first thing you see is the stairs. If it's noisy for upstairs, you can put a door at the top of the stairs without too much expense, as we did.

Wouldn't bother me at all. My stairs are closed in and dark and there's no way to open them up. If I could I'd do it in a heartbeat.

It depends how much the sound carries.

I lived somewhere similar at uni, but the whole house was laminate flooring so it just echoed. You've lots of soft furnishings so I expect it's fine.

Depends on the overall layout of the house tbh. I'm often not a fan, but our house has stairs in the living room and it doesn't bother me at all. Our living room is really warm (big radiators and a wood burner) and our floors are really thin anyway so I don't think it makes much difference for us noise-wise.

I would probably try to arrange the room differently so the sofa didn't back onto the stairs though

Yes, sorry, would put me off but that’s because I have a weird thing about sitting with my back to stairs.

I grew up in a house like that and it was magical on Christmas day but generally speaking the downstairs was very cold. I like the idea a pp had of putting in a glass partition, perhaps with a door at the bottom.

I had a house like that pre children which I then found hard to sell on . It could be noisy and was otherwise a family house . There were other issues such as a small garden though

I like the idea of a door at the top of the stairs instead.