How sensitive are painted stair steps?

Hello, we would like a completely white painted (recently executed) winder staircase and have already received proposals from the general contractor/stair builder.

The standard of the general contractor includes a beech bolt staircase.
The stair builder’s proposal is to use ash and then paint it completely white, with the note that the stair treads will be scratch-sensitive.

I only have an appointment with the general contractor in about 2 weeks and would discuss the topic then, but what are your experiences with this? Is it so sensitive that it needs to be restored every few years, or is it not that bad? The staircase would be from a well-known stair builder from the region with very good reviews, so definitely not cheap. Any protection on the steps would probably not be visually appealing again?

If the concerns are too high, we would probably rather switch to oak steps and then not have them painted accordingly. Visually, however, we favor a completely white painted winder staircase.

May I ask how much your stairs cost? We are also interested in white lacquered stringer stairs (in beech) and steps as well as handrail in oak...

I don't know the total costs (GU), but the surcharge from Buche Bolzentreppe to Esche Wangentreppe in white is just under 3k.

I think you can see very quickly there. We have cheek, post, bars in white and at the beginning we only hung our jackets on a post. After just a few weeks, small scratches were visible, so we refrained from doing that. I would avoid completely white painted steps.

I do not know the total costs (general contractor), but the surcharge from beech bolt staircase to ash stringer staircase in white is just under 3k.

Thank you! From my point of view, the additional cost of around 3K is about right.

This is the kind of execution we have in mind... as mentioned, cheeks and posts painted in white beech and steps/handrail oiled oak.