A shared staircase

Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.

“Our block has twelve flats and one main staircase. After a delivery company left three large boxes on the first landing, the residents' group began discussing what could be kept in shared spaces. The argument quickly expanded to bicycles, plant pots and a pair of muddy boots. I owned one of the bicycles. I had thought of the space beneath the stairs as unused because I did not need to walk through that exact corner.

A neighbour who uses a walking aid described the route she needed to turn safely. Suddenly my convenient storage place became part of somebody else's journey. We arranged a locked rack outside and agreed that landings would remain clear. The solution was less photogenic than the row of plants one resident had proposed, but more welcoming in practice. Sharing a building means noticing uses that are invisible from your own doorstep. A communal space is not whatever remains after everyone has taken a convenient piece; it is something we have to keep making together.”

Source B: an original nineteenth-century-style letter or account, written for practice; this is not an archival document.

“The staircase of a lodging house is often treated as a narrow country over which each tenant extends a small private claim. A box waits upon a step, a chair occupies the landing and a basket remains where its owner intends to fetch it presently. Presently is a word capable of considerable residence. Meanwhile, those carrying water or helping an older relative must negotiate these quiet occupations.

I do not object to signs of habitation. A clean shared stair need not resemble an empty prison. But comfort in one room should not be purchased with obstruction outside another. We should agree upon places for necessary storage and keep the passage for passage. Such rules are sometimes called unfriendly. I find it less friendly to require a neighbour to ask permission from a chair before reaching her own door.”

Refer to both sources. Infer the differences in the obstructions and arrangements in the shared buildings. Write a summary supported by details from both sources.