5 (2 adults, 3 dogs) go building in Dorset

Things to remember in a couple of years:

• I want a pantry
• A second dishwasher (which is on someone else's wishlist) sounds a great idea - I want it in my utility room for the large items that never fit into the dishwasher first time round.
• A large stainless steel belfast type sink for oven racks to soak (great to bath puppies of course too) in the utility/plant room.
• Indoor drying area in the plant room - in the last house it was too small to have the item that I wanted hanging from the ceiling to hang the washing that couldn't go in the tunble dryer.
• Induction hob or gas hob?  It will be the only gas in the house and is it worth having a little LPG cylinder just because I love my gas hob?
• Somewhere to have all my lovely gadgets (Kenwood Chef, Magimix, Bread maker, Actifry, Grill') where I can use them easily - storing in a cupboard will mean they don't get used. 
• A pantry 
• Drawers, deep pan drawers for easy access to the various sizes
• Somewhere for the bin to go (so easy to miss that part out)
• Somewhere for the tea towel, hand towel and oven gloves to hang 
• One of the new fandangled hot water taps for boiling water
• Where is the water softner going to go?
• Somewhere for the vegetables to be stored from the kitchen garden, cool and dark, where puppies can't get in to nab the produce!
• Did I mention a pantry?
• Where will the dogs get fed?

Have you had an induction hob? I never thought I would be a fan of cooking on electric but I love induction and much easier to clean than gas. 

Re the pantry. Plan right at the start where that is going, and DO NOT put the under floor heating pipes under that space.

 

Definitely worth having a pair of LPG cylinders just for a gas hob.  I say a pair, on an automatic changeover valve, because they last so long  (>1 year) you will forget about them so you need the spare full one sitting there ready.

 

Everything else you mention you will get from a Howdens kitchen. 

8 hours ago, newhome said:

Have you had an induction hob? I never thought I would be a fan of cooking on electric but I love induction and much easier to clean than gas. 

Plus one to that.  I've used gas all my life and would never consider electric - until induction.

 

It's quicker than gas

It's more controllable than gas - I have never been able to get a proper simmer on gas without moving the pan half off

It's much much much much easier to clean

It looks so much neater than a gas hob

It's safer - it only heats the pan so the surface only gets hot where the pan is and even then it's nowhere near hot enough to burn if just touched.  You have time to remove your hand before you are burned

It's safer - when you remove the pan it automatically switches off

it's safer - handles don't get hot, even metal ones.  When I used the same pans I am using now on my gas hob I couldn't pick the pans up with a holder, now there is no problem.

Induction hob. It's the future! 

Another vote for induction. SWMBO loves hers......

 

We currently have an induction hob and will again in the new house.

 

@Hecateh is spot on with the reasons why.

 

 

Oh well - looks like we will have a 5 burner SMEG gas hob with lpg jets currently attached for sale in probably 5 years (judging by the time it took to get a kitchen last time ?).

 

Thanks chaps - good to know that gas hob lovers took to an induction hob easily.

 

The pantry will be without the underfloor heating but I think it it going to end up in the middle of the house unfortunately.