For example if you have stairways that are not code compliant or if you need an elevator or do you need sprinklers7.

Anyone who says it is too much or too low in any given area can say that with any location.I am currently in Austin, Texas and had to retrieve bids for interior paint (all walls and ceilings - Eggshell - Three bedrooms, stairway @ 2 flights, gym, two bathrooms, closets, etc @ roughly 1,200 square feet and over 300 square feet of new cove base throughout apartment was needed.I received five random bids ranging from $2,600 to $5,500 - Guess what?

These buildings are generally all walk up, have narrow stair way's making move in and move out very difficult, and just do not attract best tenants.

Your tenants can be snubbed, in the stairway, at the clubhouse at the pool or anywhere on the grounds. that doesn't make a happy tenant and can lead to a higher turn over and high turnover will lead to you selling and they will interject things to guide selling to a homeowner to live there.

Stairways being a major focal element in many a home, the hacks dont last long.

I will have to seal up the door, and framing out and install a stairway leading to the outside, and cut out a door.

One has low headroom in the stairway going upstairs to two bedrooms, with the master bedroom on the first floor. 

Has anyone dealt with this before where there is a shared stairway and you would have to use it to get to your lower bedroom and laundry area?

I have been leaning on possibly utilizing the wood looking tile plank, but haven't yet.What are your opinions on flooring for stairways?

During a walk-through of my property today, my contractor says that my 1966-built single family with basement will need hard-wired detectors: Plain old smoke detectors in bedroom, and combo smoke/monoxide detectors near bottom landing of basement stairway and another one near the furnace.