Help needed on kitchen layouts please!
My kitchen extension is at 1st fix and I really need to make a decision on the layout of the new kitchen. I have been deliberating for months on whether or not to have a peninsula or an island - not helped by the fact that the house will either be sold or rented, so I can't apply my own requirements for a dining table.
For context, it's a 4-bed family house and in addition to this dining/kitchen is a reasonably large living room that it adjoins plus a large 'formal' dining room.
I've got it down to 2 options - your thoughts please!!
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Ribena Drinker
5 years agoWe had the same dilemma, we didn't know what would be best, so in the end we had a moveable island!
helen1131
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5 years agominnie101
5 years agoHi Helen. I went for the island option as I thought you were literally down to the 2 designs and the bench seating was awkward with the peninsula and the flow didn't feel quite right. Are you using a kitchen designer? I wonder if you could shrink the length of the island a little and have a table at the end? I've also noticed on the island option there's only 1m between island and units, I think you need a bit more with the DW position but you could obviously lose the overhang.
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5 years agoJonathan
5 years agoPersonally I think if you are renting the house you need to do two things. Firstly keep the cost down as you will see no return on things like buying a built in washer dryer- definitely put it in the cloakroom if there is space because the extra cost for a built in washer plus door will be less than some additional plumbing in the cloakroom. I would also make the island visually bigger assuming there is room for a dining table in another room.
I would also get rid of the bench seating the shelving above the seat, the storage in the knob, the extra cabinet behind the fridge. I would downgrade the ovens and let your tenants buy a microwave for on the counter.
I agree with the earlier comment about induction rather than gas.
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