We’ve had a set of stairs in our designs that are central to the hallway. They go up halfway, you turn a corner and go back up the other half to the landing. We’ve decided to scrap the idea in favour of a straight set of stairs that splits left and right at the top. The implications are: 1) we lose a cupboard at the top of the stairs. 2) We end up with a bigger landing. 3) We end up with more hall space. 4) We gain a big cupboard under the stairs. 5) We lose direct access to the big living room from the kitchen (you now have to walk around the stairs). It’s a neater design, probably cheaper, and we like it. Phew.
