In the 1 000 plus years of asian feng shui practices an internal staircase in a two story home that faces the front door creates an.
Stairs up to door.
In the uk a door step is the single step up in front of a door possibly two not steps in a flight such as these.
We also do not use stoops in the uk.
When a staircase is facing the front door directly the feng shui energy rushes up quickly to either the lower or the higher floor thus leaving the main entry as well as the whole main floor without good feng shui energy nourishment.
They would not be called stairs.
The revision in the 1988 ubc which limited the door to opening on an interior stair and excluded exterior stairways was an important change that is often overlooked.
Also in such locations it is permissible when screen doors or other doors are installed especially on the same jamb as the exit door to swing them over stairs steps or landings.
The main door is called the mouth of chi in feng shui as this is how the house absorbs its much needed chi or energy nourishment.
If you can see the landing of the stairs from your front door place something attractive there to draw your eye upwards.
This will also slow the energy on the way down.