Reversing a stairway

Question:  Hi Jake, Our basement stairs go down from our kitchen. We\'ve realized there is a lot of wasted space at the top of the stairs. If they faced the other direction, we could close up the door to the basement on the kitchen side, expand our 1/2 bath off our bedroom, and add a pantry to our kitchen. The stairs are on a single strand - 11 stairs in all. There is already a coat closet off the living room that actually is in the exact place of the stairs - we know this because the floor of the coat closet is at an incline because it goes over the ceiling of the stairs. So given there is already a doorway on the opposite side, and potentially the strand could be detached from its current location and flipped around to attach on the other side, would you still expect the cost of the movement to be 15-20K? We don\'t have to move any walls, or do anything to the current basement door at this very moment if we didn\'t want.. it would just be flipping the stairs around and widening the door frame of the current \'closet\' door. Just looking to find out if this is a feasible and cost-effective solution to eventually expanding our kitchen/bathroom. Thanks in advance for your help! Amber N

Jake's Answer:  Amber, I think your idea is an excellent one.  I don't see any problems in what you are proposing.  The cost would probably be in the $10K range.  It should go just the way you have described.  Is there any problem if the stairs terminate at the basement in a different location?  If not, then go for it