Agree with Sarah as all the plumbing etc is in place already. Just update the units to match the kitchen to tie it together as it would be visible if you do a utility & cloakroom. I think it will look much more spacious with that wall gone and will make an incredible open plan space.

Don't knock down that whole wall between kitchen and dining/reception. Just add a doorway between? But put a new kitchen into the bigger space - ideally remove some of the pillars/nibs on the sides of the walls where there would have been a wall - then that dining/reception makes a lovely big dining-kitchen, leaving the existing kitchen to be a really big utility/laundry/bootroom with space for back-up pantry items too - so keep kitchen minimal and efficient.

Thanks for the ideas, much appreciated :)

We definitely want to remove the wall between the kitchen and dining space to make it more of an open plan space.

With regards to cost, would it be cheaper to keep the kitchen where it is and just replace cabinets rather than moving to dining space? I have no idea how much it costs to move plumbing etc?

Hello,

We are embracing the open plan living more and more because it's more sociable, but to make it work for most of people (and houses) there needs to be compromises.

Your reception/dining room is just not big enough to have a kitchen, diner and family room in it. For it to work at all you'd have to keep the kitchen where it is right now with an opening to the right part of the reception/diner.

This will make you lose the wall in the kitchen which in turn might mean that you have less space to put storage in.

It is a tricky layout to make it really work and would need compromises.

I don’t think you need to move the kitchen but I do think a laundry room or WC would be useful at the end of the hall