Is the entry of a basement counted where the stairs reach below or at the top?
The entrance is counted where the door begins, so the basement entry is counted from the top.
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A bungalow has a good North entry but a semi-basement in SE, SSE and the South, with its entrance from inside. What will happen?
Even with good doors, if the basement is wrong, the house gets the results of that wrong basement.
A house has its entry in the Agni kon (South-East), an underground water tank in the South-East with the stairs over it, and the slope running to the South. The family fights constantly. What is the remedy?
Either leave the house or treat it: close the South-East underground water tank immediately and correct the slope. The staircase can stay. An overhead tank in the South-East is acceptable.
If the stairs are in front of the main door but about 20 feet inside, is there still a dosh?
No. When the stairs are at least twice the door's height away, for example beyond 14 feet for a 7-foot door, they are not counted as facing the door and cause no dosh even if they are in front. Create some interior feature in between as well.
In which direction should stairs going to the basement be built?
Basement stairs follow their own rules: they are built in the very directions where stairs to the upper floors are not built.
Is a staircase going downward in front of the main door a dwar vedh?
Yes, stairs right in front of the main door are wrong even when they go downward.
Is a wooden staircase in the middle of the house leading to the basement right or wrong?
Wooden stairs can be anywhere, but no staircase should be in the Brahmasthan. Because it is wooden, it reduces the dosh by about 50%.