Carpet remnants for landing and stairs?

[Sooperswooper]

I'm on a mission here to get rid of my hideous carpets as cheaply as possible. Have had some great advice about laminate for my bedroom (thanks, all!), but now thinking about stairs to attic and landing. Maths has never been my strong point, and despite going to the local carpet shop, falling in love with hideously expensive carpets and chatting away yesterday, I forgot to ask about this. Please bear with me though- my maths is crap and I don't know if this would be viable.

The landing is a bit of an odd shape, but measuring what i'd need if it was rectangular leaves 1.5x3.6 to cover the whole thing. Then the stairs up to the loft I'd need about 8m by 0.7m (teeny, tiny narrow staircase).

I've found a few brilliant carpet remnant places online stocking remnants of the hideously expensive brands at brilliantly low prices and so it got me thinking whether I could buy a suitably large piece of remnant carpet and then get someone in to fit it (local carpet shop). Say I found a remnant piece 4m x 4m , cut it in half, used one half for the landing and then cut the remainder in half again to make 8m x 1 for the stairs, that would work, wouldn't it? Or does stair carpet all need to be one piece?

Let the shop/carpet fitter measure it up; they know about pattern matching, etc. Don't attempt to fit it yourself. You can buy remnants from anywhere but I'd advise you not to use a place that advertises themselves as "bargain" or budget as in my experience they are usually expensive and poor quality. I'd suggest going to a local place rather than a big chain.

Wouldn't even attempt to fit ourselves- the very thought gives me palpitations! It would be plain carpet but you're right in terms of loops and how it would all fit together. I was looking online at places like this actually as they seem to do the quality brands.. www.designercarpetremnants.co.uk

(as well as asking the local shop if he had any too)

I'd go to a local place, anything can sound like a bargain, you need to see it close up and get advice. Another thing is you will get stung on the fitting if you buy the carpet from elsewhere as the fitter/seller isn't making a profit on the sale.