Could this staircase be partioned off with a door and wall?

[FunkyPigeon35]

Hello! I'm looking to buy a house and one of our options has a stairway that opens up into the living room. I don't like this idea because of noise from the tv.

Do you guys think this staircase could be partitioned off, with a partition wall and a door? Its so close to the front door I'm not sure there'd be space!

And if yes, any thoughts on how much it would cost?

Would it have had a partition at one time, or was it built like that? What are other houses in the street like?

It looks like a partition - which would essentially box the stairs in - would encroach on the door leading into the room. Would you be prepared to move it?

Also check building regs with respect to doors and landing depth.
i don’t think it’s as easy as blocking in the existing stairs.

Can you put a door at the top ?

Have you got the floorplan?

We can’t tell without the full floor plan whether it would be feasible or not.

Thanks for the replies guys! The only floor plan I have is ǰust the Rightmove one which isnt to scale and doesnt provide detailled measurements. Moving a door is starting to sound expensive! In any case it looks like it's not a simple "yes this could very obviously be easily done" which is useful information in itself! :)

So the door in the middle there is the front door? It might be possible but it might wreck the usability of the room - we'd need to see a plan. Scale is not important but dimensions are.

Another idea you sometimes see mainly in old, 2 up 2 down terraces and small cottages is a door right across the bottom of the stairs. Often a step or two up. You could box in where the bannisters are and put a door across. I don't know if there are building regs preventing it these days, I've only seen it in old houses. You'd need to think about light on the stairs and landing, whether the stairs are wide enough and whether the door might feel like a hazard.

Often moving or adding a door is a surprisingly cheap job that can have a big impact. But without a floor plan I'd be guessing. Having the front door hung to open outwards might help, if it doesn't already do so.

I think that door might be to the kitchen.

You could create a little vestibule at the bottom of the stairs with a door to the living room and a door to the kitchen. So one new door some walls. Maybe around £1500-£2000? If you paint it. So two days of builders and a plasterer for a day plus materials.

That would make sense. I didn't think it looked like a front door but was trying to understand "Its so close to the front door I'm not sure there'd be space"

I have a staircase that is walled in and has a door at the bottom and a small turn. The only thing I would say to consider is getting furniture or building supplies upstairs.

Here's the floor plan from Rightmove.
The kitchen door opens inwards so I should think you could build a little lobby round the bottom of the stairs with a door into the lounge opposite the door to the kitchen, but it might spoil the proportions of the room a bit.
Alternatively you could hang a lovely heavy triple-lined door curtain which could be pulled when you want to reduce noise and drafts, and another at the top of the stairs.
(no floor pan, the image seems to get deleted when I save the post).

To box the stairs in with a door is possible, but simce you would also need to include the door, it would eat into the loving room a lo g way as you would need to leave a usable space around the bottom of the stairs and the door

Can you put a door at the top of the stairs instead? Just remember a door should not swing out over a staircase as it is a safety hazard