I’m struggling to find a way to have a kitchen/island (really would like an island to have useable counterspace), generous dining table (seating for at least 6 people) and a sitting area in the same room if we don’t open up the wall between the current front and back living rooms. Would it make more sense to have part of the garage incorporated into the kitchen? There is a slight difference in floor level though between the garage and kitchen (Step down into the garage). Or block up the current kitchen door and have the access to a dining/kitchen through the current back living room space and then somehow fit in a dining table and seating area?

Thanks, that really kind of you to say colour happy. It's what I was aiming for. The material is plain old chipboard! It's a marmite piece, some hate it and others love it. I love it, DH hates it! Always a talking piece when someone new comes round. I wanted brass but it was too expensive so it was my next choice!

Hi Peter, thanks for the dimensions . Swapping the kitchen into the dining room and having an island is going to be a squeeze but if you’re up for moving the wall between the old kitchen and dining room then you could gain a little space that might make it work. If you go for this sort of layout, using a reduced depth cabinet for the storage by the back doors could give you a lovely long run of cabinets straight from kitchen into dining room. Also I would look at using a pocket door into the WC from the utility to enable a longer run of utility units under the side window.

Hello All, and thank you for your suggestions and ideas. @User yes, I would like to keep the units. These were installed by the previous owner no more than 2 years ago and, I believe, are still in the shop for me to add matching units. I like how the two existing doors align in your drawing and I guess having a tall unit (fridge or even the W/D on top of each other) in front of the toilette door will help hiding it from view when opening the door. How disruptive and expensive will be to connect the svp to the existing one? Moreover, I am wondering if there will be sufficient light coming from the existing window. There will be skylights and bi-folding doors in the extension. The other option would be to add a side extension on the right of the staircase creating the corridor the house is missing and put the toilette/boiler under the staircase as it is common in semi with that type of space. My only concerns would be: how much it would add cost wise What would happen to existing electricity/gas metres and lastly, how much space it will leave on the side of the house. I am looking towards to your thoughts. Thank you very much. Miriam