Visually stunning, these floating risers made without a railing or banister also qualify as death stairs. These may be beautiful, but brokers will tell you they’re also deal breakers in some cases.

Create a floating effect by using glass siding along your staircase. Jean Liu designed these cantilevered stairs to allow for more natural light to seep through, and in turn, helped give this home ...

A floating staircase in a luxury rental apartment in central London has been called “death stairs” by guests who were forced to climb its jagged and uneven steps. The flat in Covent Garden ...

Another wrote: 'Nothing we didn't like, but some people may find the steep floating stairs up to the bathroom and roof ...