Thank you so much Tani, Carolina and So-Real for taking the trouble to reply and for such good ideas and photos as well! I am torn between which way to go! If I box up to the window sill should I go up to the left hand corner of the room next to the current basin but presumably this will affect the basin width-wise if I do put it there? The current one is 60cm wide so I could get away with the protrusion as the boxing is already there but would it look ok coming out along there? Or as you say I could put the toilet where the sink is and add a basin on a countertop under teh window. The window sill is 86cm high and I cannot seem to get the dimensions for one of the countertop ones on Google which is frurstrating but will keep trying! In my other bathroom the sink height is 82cm so that could possibly work.... What do you think? Thanks again

Ah thanks all, I actually have a tap with one built in as you suggest. Not installed yet but hopefully soon. :) Any thoughts on the built in soap dispensers, are they any good. I have a Blanco Silgranit sink and the matching one is over £100 so wondering if it’s worth it. Are they all interchangeable if they break later down the line?

Depends on the door style you like, ie do you like a more traditional or shaker style, a modern gloss kitchen, handleless kitchens, flat slab doors with handles, very modern true handleless, and also the accessories you want, are they available like wine racks or display cabinets. So for a shaker door, this would be a 5 piece wooden door, usually made from ash (popular with painted doors) or oak and a veneered centre panel and the frame is a tenon joint, cheaper doors have a v groove running through the joint instead of smooth, doors are about 20mm thick, usually standard sizes but some bespoke suppliers. Considered best. But there's also 5 piece mdf doors that have a vinyl wrap which usually has a woodgrain and can be coloured, also about 20mm, can be made to measure sizes, Then you also have a vinyl wrap mdf door thats a 1 piece door that's been machined on the front and then covered in a coloured vinyl, if the vinyl has a grain it runs only one way and these are only 18mm. Can be made to measure sizes. These can be flat slab, shaker style or other options and are your cheapest. For a gloss kitchen then a painted and lacquered door is best, a flat slab door is usually 18mm mdf but a few 22mm are available. For a handleless J profile door you need 22mm doors to allow for the handle, usually mdf and painted and lacquered for gloss or matt, the vinyl doors (apart from a few cheap cut and edged 19mm thick) just don't have a deep enough handle. Theres also acrylic faced flat slab mdf doors with a choice of edging, 18mm thick and can have a matt or gloss finish, good quality and finish. Cheaper mfc 18mm doors, these are melamine faced chipboard in a multitude of colours and woodgrains and can have a 1-2mm edging, can be made to measure and depending where its made you can get them made with a woodgrain and book leaved so the grain follows from door to door. which can look stunning. The true handless look is just having a handle rail beind the doors fitted to the cabinets and the doors are just a flat slab door as above Then you also have in-frame kitchens which are usually quite traditional with a frame around each door or drawer pack, usually a shaker style door and all made from wood and can work out pretty expensive. Can have visible butt hinges for that traditional look.

A much more functional layout can be achieved in the existing room by flipping the existing hob and fridge freezer. It looks like you are currently losing a good 30cm or so of potential counter and cabinetry space next to the doorway, and it would give you a longer counter run between sink and hob. I would also add a long bank of shallow low cabinetry alongside the wall between the 2 doorways, which would give you quite a lot of additional storage space without interfering with the walkway or sight lines. Plus the narrow ledge there could help keep clutter off your work surfaces. In terms of dining space, you could lose your unloved peninsula and then add a small table and chairs. You would have to squeeze in the 60cm oven into the main work area, but 30cm would be gained by the fridge move, and another 20cm could be gained by swapping to a 60cm sink cabinet. (I assume it’s 80cm right now.).