Thank you for all your comments. The alcove with the lamp is 3'10" h x 3'2" w x 18" deep. The width of wall between door hinges and corner of wall is nearly 2 feet. Actually 60cms. I don't think I will be allowed a range oven in the fireplace recess. People like to put their Aga in such a place and it is practical but I do like my oven and it is very efficient even though I have to get my son sometimes to sort out the technology. It is quite new. I had thought of having the hob across the corner of my "L" shaped layout with an decent extractor fan above which could access through the ceiling to a roof space. One of many roof spaces in my house. However, I have seen a lovely corner pantry in one of the Houzz photos which I am very taken with. It is somewhere I can hang or store saucepans, keep tins of things which I can see easily (i.e.keep a check on storage dates!) and don't get lost in the back of cupboards. The hob would have to go to the left of that. A tall fridge freezer could go to the right. The extractor could still access through the ceiling as it would do a right turn and go up from inside the pantry. Don't know how this corner pantry would look though!? On that fireplace wall the fireplace and mantle will, I'm sorry, have to stay. It needs renovating but that's it. Bytheway, the pantry I describe could have glass in the doors which would lighten the whole thing up and have interesting lighting. A fridge/freezer is a good idea because at the moment I have to make quite a trek to my "back kitchen" where I keep two freezers (full) and it would be handy to have the odd loaf of bread, ice cream, chips and peas nearby. I keep all veg in the back kitchen as well as it is cooler. I do like the light from the windows falling on the area where the sink and draining board now is. Dishwasher is near there. Then it is shady in the corner to the right of the oven where I boil water, store coffee pots, keep tea etc. in cupboard above. Cups, plates above sink. It is all a good working layout. Tins of stuff like tomatoes etc. are in the cupboard under the alcove work top. I'd like to get rid of all that. If I did cause a disturbance and dig out the rest of the stone I could have a good cupboard!! It would take a lot of working on my husband for him to agree to that. But, who knows. I could try. Everything would be easier to get at. Then a hob across the corner. I want to get rid of the need for those trays that angle around and do their best to utilise the corner. I got rid of my last lot as can be seen next to my fridge. I saw a way of doing that by putting a cupboard across the corner and carrying on either side with a work top. The fireplace wall needs sorting out I agree. The trouble is that the glass door opens against that wall which is correct. As I mention above there is 2' of wall behind where the door opens. Shifting the door would cause problems in the adjoining room as there is a long radiator fixed on the wall and would not look right in that room. Not really room for window seats. Window on left has a radiator and worktop or oven fits into wall beside the window. Many thanks for your plan. I will give it all some thought when I make more decisions.

Thank you so so much for your comments! - this has been driving me crazy so getting feedback is invaluable. The estate agents think there is a ceiling value in our area of London that we have to be careful of. As such the budget depends on what we would get. Turning it from a two bed flat (1 single room, 1 double) into a two double bed with nice kitchen diner room = £25k. Turning it into a three bed flat with 2 single rooms and 1 double = £25k (apparently same value as a large two bed). Turning it into a three bed with 2 doubles and 1 single (so an extension) = £60k Option 1 is doing what a neighbor has done (copied layout from what I found online is below) means just moving the kitchen and putting in doors to outside and to the living room - but as you only get a small double and two singles, the estate agents didn't think it would be worth the money. Plus, we don't want a small double bedroom as we have a very big beautiful bed and other furniture Option 2 is similar but making it a large two bed - see below. This would cost even more so seems again unlikely we would get a return on our money Or there is the extension ideas... the first creates an akwward shaped kitchen diner, and a bathroom with no window. The second creates an awkward shaped bedroom with its own courtyard and potentially blocks the light for the master bedroom. The 3rd is not idea is deal as it wouldn't be a very big space to live in, and we wouldn't use the living room as a bedroom but others might... Long story short - im not convinced of any options :(

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Hi James, I agree with Sonia that the desk should be along left hand wall however the desk you have seems to be very deep for the space. If you are considering paying for built in shelving I would actually consider a built in desk along the left hand wall, this could be a simple top on delicate legs and be wider rather than deeper if you need a lot of surface space. Before you get shelving put in review your requirements, do you need space for folders, a printer, books only or do you have clutter that needs to be out of site. You will then know if you need a mixture of open and closed shelving / cupboards. I would consider desk from top left corner to cover two thirds of space then next to that a cupboard with shelving over. You could then also have some wall shelves running over the desk.