Would you buy a house with a steep staircase

[Carm10]

Hi, so i recently bought a 1930s semi detached house. Naive me, i thought i could change the staircase easily but there is no headroom space to do so, so the stair specialist said that it would require some trial and error and it could be expensive. We have got used to the stairs and just go down slowly.
But... We plan to sell in 5-10 years time and i don't want to put 3-4 k as it wont really add to the value of the house (The boiler is in one of the upstairs room, i might spend the thousand to change ti to the kitchen.
Would a steep staircase put you off buying a house? TIA

That would be an issue for me, sorry. I have size 8 feet and DH is size 10 so both of us would struggle.

we have typical narrow 1930s stairs which are quite steep but i just go up them on the fronts of my feet and side step coming down cant do anything about them anyway as theres a 3 foot hallway and a 3 foot landing

Can you do a half landing and turn through 90 degrees? That’s what we did but we have a big Hall. Our headroom was poor due to the landing and we needed to lower the stairs. So we made most of the stairs longer (as suggested above) and then turned via a half landing to exit. If you cannot accommodate a whole longer staircase, could you do this?

We had steeper stairs in our old house, sold with no issues wouldn't put me off if it was original to the property. And buyers remorse is very real but often I think a bit of a phase. Its a massive purchase and old houses are a lot of work ( worth it in my opinion) I am sure it will all work out ok. And if not so what if you overpaid a little if you like it. Your not paying rent which is the equivalent of over paying by X amount per year anyway. Try to enjoy the process good luck.

Maybe a carpenter could do something. Is there a Grand Design/George Clarke type programme or website that might be able to advise?.

www.stairplan.co.uk/spacesaver.htm

Would there be space to change the shape of the staircase so that they are an L or N shape?

Those look very typical for smaller terraced houses, FTBs generally go for them as they are good affordable starter homes. Someone in the market for one of those would find the same in every other one they looked at. Save your money.

I once fell off a set of steep stairs when I was viewing a house. That made me realise the importance of proper safe stairs.

I would only accept a steep staircase in a cute character cottage as it’s to be expected and part of the charm. In an ordinary house I wouldn’t buy it I’m afraid OP.

Those would put me off. Far too step and thin steps and I have dainty feet!

Love a 1930s semi. Don't feel regret; I'm sure it's got plenty of positives. Our house has got a steep and narrow stair case. We got used to it very quickly and any visiting children coped. However when we sold (just about to exchange) we had a lot of feedback about it. It basically ruled out families with young kids. If I were you, I'd swallow the cost and replace it! Save you pain in the long run.

The staircase is on a L shape at the top. We had a friend who is a joiner Coming in and he proposed a 3 step winder in the landing (there is no other way as current headspace is 1.9m!). However he said that 2 of the winder steps would be short of 10cm (I’m not sure where, width?) to meet building regs.

Does anyone know if bc does any expections when replacing an old staircase if it’s less dangerous than the previous one?

*exceptions

The steps wouldn't bother me but no way would I buy a house with a boiler in a bedroom.

@Slightlysurviving thanks for your kind words, just what I need to hear now! ☺️
@MikeUniformMike I think the space saver stairs are more dangerous than the current ones. They would definitely put people of. We had the guy from the specialist stair maker company in the city and he said the same, no space, 3 step winder and difficult to calculate. He said he would come back with a quote but time passed & after ringing him several times he never replied. Probably too difficult case not worth his time!
I might start another thread asking people about the building regs problem we are facing now

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz that’s our next job whenever we have the money!

Yes it would

Our last house had very steep stairs and to be honest you just walk up and down them a bit slower. I’m not good on stairs, I blame growing up in a bungalow but i wouldn’t not buy a house because of the stairs

@carm10 we were told BC would want the stairs to be better than existing but not necessarily compliant with existing regs. But we didn't get them in to assess our stairs (just for the extension which had new stuff which did need to comply)