Call a kitchen fitter, any decent one will do the plans for you. That is their profession at the end of the day. They can advise best ways to save space and make space and where to put things etc (edited)
consult structural engineer about the possibility of knocking down those walls. We extended our kitchen and they used catnic RSJs and concrete blocks to support the floors above. transformed 8ft square kitchen into 26 x 8 ft kitchen plus another room.
That is a tricky shape. Could you change any of the doors so they open the other way to the way they do today? That may give you some additional wall space. I'd also suggest going to somewhere like wren/Wickes etc... And get them to do you some designs for free
Keep away from Wren, they are just salesmen, join the facebook complaints groups for DIY KITCHENS, B&Q, Howdens etc You'll see the independent designers offering advice and the feedback on the designers also, pick one of those folks well worth the money Finding a fitter thats a whole other topic :), don't get a builder to fit your kitchen
Is that a bathroom below the kitchen to the right? Could you move that door further to the left then you could have a wall of units?
I would take the bottom 2 rooms on left out and open your kitchen up
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Many a year ago, we used the IKEA kitchen design software to lay out the units and appliances. Kitchen has 4 doors including larder and a big window, so not a lot of options. Having done the 3D design that you could view from any angle, we ordered the kitchen from another national name. It's all still in fair shape.
Various electrical issues arose due to the differences in electrical regs since the previous time the kitchen was done, needing a new fuse box and a high current cable being chanelled into the floor. The electrical situation had our local sparky arguing with the fitting team, due to different views on the UK's Byzantine 'leccy regs.
One unexpected thing came up, the sink side end of the kitchen turned out to be not deep enough to take a dishwasher, due to the placement of the larder door. The fitter ingeneously suggested cutting the existing larder door down in width and narrowing the door frame, it was a neat result.
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sorted byYou'll see the independent designers offering advice and the feedback on the designers also, pick one of those folks well worth the money
Finding a fitter thats a whole other topic :), don't get a builder to fit your kitchen
Various electrical issues arose due to the differences in electrical regs since the previous time the kitchen was done, needing a new fuse box and a high current cable being chanelled into the floor. The electrical situation had our local sparky arguing with the fitting team, due to different views on the UK's Byzantine 'leccy regs.
One unexpected thing came up, the sink side end of the kitchen turned out to be not deep enough to take a dishwasher, due to the placement of the larder door. The fitter ingeneously suggested cutting the existing larder door down in width and narrowing the door frame, it was a neat result.