Workmen.

Yesterday my landlord and a workman appeared at 8 am to install a thing (I dunno what it's called so have to resort to an old term that at least I understand) - a geyser. Then a carpenter came to estimate the cost of building a door in the hallway that leads to the stairs. He decided it made sense to build it flush with the kitchen wall, capping the hall, and I blanched but said nothing because it isn't my house.

Today another carpenter came to give an estimate, and we had a fruitful chat about where the door should be placed. I didn't lead the conversation; I asked him where he thought it should be, and then gave my preferences. He thinks set back, so there's an alcove, a wide door so there's minimal wall, and a transom or whatever they are called (if different) when they don't open - a window above the door. I was concerned with how dark a door would make it, so that possibility pleased me. I liked how he is concerned with design/aesthetics; he was well able to imagine the door flush versus the door set back three feet, which obviously the other man was not.