"brugnospamsia" wrote
| (I got various quotes for a staircase with a quarter wind top
| and bottom and the cheapest was coming in at 800 ish, but that
| was without fitting. In the end I built my own, but found
| that at least half the work was in the fitting with that sort
| of stair)
| oops !
| I'm hoping mine will be a bit cheaper due to its being simpler and
| fitting between two walls and will almost certainly be carpeted
| rather than varnished - though I may go for real wood treads to
| allow for the vagaries of taste ....

There's what looks like a good book on Handrailing and Staircases on ebay at
the moment for a few quid, 1920s so constructionally in keeping with your
age of property.

Re taste, for rental/resale I would suggest good laminate throughout the
ground floor, neutral fitted carpet on stairs and upstairs. Nice vinyl or
tiles in bathroom.

Owain