Just to add, I don’t really want the units to stay all along the wall if possible . If I can condense the kitchen, maybe into a ‘U’ in one area and not so spread out I think it would look better spread out

Sorry can’t edit my post , ignore the repeat spread out at the end of the sentence 🤣

Also I don’t need a big table as we rarely use the one we have now in our separate dining room . was hoping to have some stools for the peninsular for every day . And maybe a small round table . I do have to have room for a washing machine and tumble dryer and also a dishwasher , the fridge freezer can be freestanding or fitted.

Something like this?

Yeah I guess that’s an option or even swapping it around and put the tv on the opposite wall and have the sofa facing it , so it’s not one run of units going onto the tv unit . I was trying to get chat GPT to do me a 3d image as it’s better to see it from ground level

I will prob look at getting an interior designer in once we’ve moved in a couple of months I’m guessing, it all depends on the funds left after we move . I’d really like to get this room sorted first . I should have around 10k to play with , possibly more but need to sort the garden a bit . Not sure what interior designers charge to do plans, a 3d image and maybe a mood board . I’m pretty good at putting colours together and choosing my own furniture but as it’s going to be our last home I need to get it right

But many thanks for suggesting ideas 😊

I think you’d be wise to live with it for a while to figure out what would be best for you, which units you need, which you don’t and you might find you like it or that you want to commit more money to a full redo (would be a shame though). If you want to reconfigure what’s there then consider the following, an island with a function will need services running to it (water/drainage/gas/electric) which will require taking up the flooring, possibly removing some units, maybe removing the worktop to remove the units (which looks like quartz) then digging a trench to the island for the services. With that in mind I’d build or buy a freestanding island to provide the seating area you require and just have the island as a prep/social space until you’re ready to commit to your final layout. You’d just need 2 or 3 units and some worktop and could be done relatively cheaply especially if you’re prepared to do it yourself. Layout as per the drawing. Good luck

Good advice thanks, I was talking to my daughter this morning and she said the same, live with it for a few months and see how you get on . I guess the reason I asked was that my current house , a Victorian terrace I had a proper working triangle designed and installed and it’s fab, I just thought running from one end of a kitchen to the other would not be great and I wanted to plan how it should be

Honestly I think you need to live with it, it will become so apparent what you want to tweak. We moved over a year ago and the house was owned by a cabinet maker who had a long waiting list. The kitchen is lovely but along one wall was an enormous walnut cabinet which would have cost a fortune. After several months of living with it we removed it and put in a low open shelved unit instead, I had to live with it until I realised it didn't suit our needs. The space you have is amazing and it looks so new, I would take you time and enjoy it, looks amazing.

Thanks for the comment. I think what’s throwing me is not the layout but the clutter , it’s not bad but more family stuff . I’ve actually been playing around with design apps . I’ve got something in my head but didn’t want it to look too overcrowded with furniture .

This is the sort of thing I’m thinking . Been playing around with ChatGPT also some design apps. I could even leave the units as they are and just put a small island in .

Chat GPT is so inaccurate though so where it’s put the sink wouldn’t work, for one the bi fold come much further so putting a sink there would be tight .

The only thing I would say about islands is not to bother unless they look the correct scale for the space. Easy enough to do with a collection of moving boxes once you're in. I would also consider that the dark painted paint in the seating area is making it look like it's part of the kitchen. The orange stripe on the ceiling is really throwing things out and skewing the proportions. If you do keep the units as they are I would paint out all of the white paint for something stonier, lose all of the LED lights apart from a few above the worktops, lose the shepf and tile that whole block with a beautiful feature tile to really reduce the visual jumpiness. It needs simplifying in my opinion.

Yes I agree , really hard to tell with the paintwork as it is . And yes it needs simplifying . I’m still thinking of getting an interior designer in , I have a vision but if something needs to be left out to make the best of the kitchen then I’d be up for it . If there are any interior designers on here that cover the south coast , I’d be interested in what it would cost me .

This is the same room from another angle

Sorry just realised I’ve already posted this one

Have a look at what we did with a long groundfloor exstension below. Hope it helps