I was astounded by the impracticality of the proposed revamp of terraced houses by Shed KM featured in your article "Sex in Coronation Street" (7 November, pages 48-50).
Who in their right mind would want to have to lug all their food shopping up two flights of stairs to a "mezzanine kitchen in the roofspace" and have to go down and up again every time they needed to put something in the dustbin, or answer the front door. The architect responsible for this obviously does not envisage the kitchens being used much. Perhaps he (I assume it must be a "he") thinks the people in these areas get most of their meals at the chippy or the kebab shop …

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Sheila MacLaren, via email.