Extending the landing

Do you mean to fit a new joist where the blue line is and board over the orange gap to make the upstairs hallway wider?

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Correct. I misunderstood in my first post.

It could be faffy where his proposed new floor strikes the rise of the quarter turn stringer. That's why I asked. Its not obvious in the photo.
 
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I reckon you'd get away with doing it off the newel; there's not a lot of dead load being added, the stairs already are proven to carry the live load and despite the hall getting wider, I don't expect the new bit of floor will carry any exceptional load that isn't borne mostly by the old floor anyway, given the small width increase

Take a picture from the other end of the upstairs handrail, and one looking up the downstairs handrail
 
I reckon you'd get away with doing it off the newel; there's not a lot of dead load being added, the stairs already are proven to carry the live load and despite the hall getting wider, I don't expect the new bit of floor will carry any exceptional load that isn't borne mostly by the old floor anyway, given the small width increase

Take a picture from the other end of the upstairs handrail, and one looking up the downstairs handrail
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