Floor plan single-family house / hillside location within town

True. I have to pay attention to whether this becomes a problem in the next few days if it spreads more strongly.

Changing the direction of the staircase lengthens the route from the front door upstairs and leads it through the living room. With wipeable floors, that's still manageable, but with wall-to-wall carpeting, it's a no-go.

The attic is nice and big; kids play there, so you have to catch the little ones for dinner. It shouldn't be a retractable ladder, okay, and a straight run 1:1 above the lower staircase would conflict with the headroom at the exit – that much is clear. Moving the staircase upstairs forward is also not possible. But how about making it steeper (and at the same time not) than a samba staircase?

Need to discuss with my husband. Do you know how the stairs feel to walk on? Especially when carrying a heavy box upstairs. There are stairs that are really exhausting and give you an idea of what it’s like to be 75 with slight walking problems.

We have floors that are wiped. Essential with children and animals. Besides, I don’t take off my shoes every time I quickly run into the house because I need something.

That's the trick with samba stairs: the tread depth is normal, but the staircase is shorter—simply because the unused part on the side of the other foot is left out, so structurally only every two steps use one tread depth. This means the staircase indicates which foot you have to start with; otherwise, you walk it normally, almost as usual, so it also feels safe. Of course, the slope feels steeper. For very small children and elderly people who do not (any longer) take the steps alternately, it is uncomfortable. You can carry a flat-screen TV up or down, and even a small sofa. Dishwashers, washing machines, and unassembled rustic cabinets are better left out. And if you have hip problems, you don’t carry sacks of flour there. In apartments, they are popular for sleeping lofts because, even when slightly hungover (or carrying a vacuum cleaner), they are significantly safer to walk than ladders, despite almost the same space consumption.

So I really can't stand samba stairs at all, I feel disturbed in the walking flow (my personal feeling). I wouldn't want to carry anything heavy up there either. The space saving is of course undeniable.

Thank you. Since the building application will only be submitted after the house and the outbuildings have been demolished, we still have a few days. We will arrange an appointment with the staircase builder and try Samba stairs. We once had one in a rental apartment (had to first look up what Samba stairs are), but it was still spiral. It was hardly passable.