My mum lives in a house, one of a row of townhouses, where access to the front door of each house is up a flight of about ten concrete steps. Those steps are unattractive, and we would like to smarten them up somehow.
I tried to persuade her to demolish the lot and have a wooden decking- style staircase installed, but she doesn't want to do this as the existing steps are enclosed, forming an understairs cupboard where the bins are kept. She considered having the steps painted with concrete paint, but I think this would look awful.
So we're now thinking of having the steps tiled or paved. She's not keen on the thought of tiles as they could be slippery in wet weather. She has seen half-height paving blocks in the US, which would to my mind be about 30mm high - sort of a thick tile, if you see what I mean, and could look attractive if fitted well. Are those available in the UK? A web search has not turned up much.
Alternatively., does anyone have any other suggestions/ideas for what to do?
thanks.