I'll dig up my old thread to briefly outline the result.
In the end, it remained a U-shaped staircase, with which I am overall very satisfied. I just don't like landing stairs that much because of the change in direction. The hallway is about 1.5 meters wide and therefore appears very spacious. Yes, in the finished state I wondered if it really needed to be this wide. But since I am less familiar with my parents' places and find it TOO SMALL with furniture at the latest, I am so far very happy with the decision.
What we basically adopted and are very happy about: we rotated the toilet wall by 90 degrees, so there is no "separate room" for the wardrobe. The niche in the office remains and will still be filled with a large shoe/wardrobe cabinet. However, we did not implement the suggestion to put the office or bathroom door in the middle of the room, but left it on the left side because of our furnishing concept for the hallway (loungy with a small couch!). So far it looks awkward in the bathroom, as it is very elongated and without a shower with lots of excess space; in the medium term, a built-in cupboard will go in there. As soon as there is time for such "small stuff"...
