Here is the problem as it relates to feng shui.
Front door opens onto stairs.
The gravity force of chi energy coming down the stairs is greater than the incoming chi from the door.
Generally speaking a landing equal to the width of the stairs is required at the top of the stairs if the door opens outwards away from the stairs.
There are two kinds of homes.
The first one has an entryway a small hallway a nook near the front door or even a sharp turn that separates the front door from the rest of the home.
Doors would end up like this because there often wasn t a place to swing the door into the kitchen or elsewhere where the top of the stairs was located.
Interior doors do not require landings at both sides of the door like exterior doors do.
And then there s the problem that the rest of us face.
Having a front door open immediately to a stairway is going in the direction of financial failure whether you are a home builder or a homeowner.
Front door conflict with many schools of thought and philosophies related to the practice of feng shui one idea all the experts agree on is the conflict created when a front door also a symbol.
In older homes it is not uncommon to have doors that open over the stairs to the basement.
You walk in the door and literally fall smack dab into the living room.
In this situation landing strips tend to migrate into the whole room.