Kitchen Design Review

[jayc89]

Been toying with this for a while now and think we're finally ready to pull the trigger. Would appreciate any and all constructive criticism before we do.

 

For context;

 

Clearance around the island is 1050mm, would have liked more but to get the units we needed in a layout we liked this was the best I could come up with.

 

All services, where possible will be overhead and dropped down, of course services to the island will be in the slab. Service voids overhead and to the West and North/West side of the North wall (up to the column), rest is cavity wall, wet plaster on brickwork. 

 

Plan is to run a 110mm waste pipe left to right, picking up with utility and kitchen drains, leaving the house under the kitchen sink (which is nearest to the mains sewerage connection)

 

House has MVHR, hob will be induction, not quite landed on the type of ceiling extractor yet (after reading a handful of threads on here), will probably opt for a cheap-ish recirculating extractor and grease filter cone in the kitchen plenum to catch anything else. 

 

Edited Thursday at 10:30 by jayc89

[Mr Punter]

I like the main dining area in the kitchen but I imagine this was not practical / desired?  You may find the units at the back of the island difficult to access and the worktop overhang insufficient.  Don't go for drainer grooves as I have found they just get grubby.

[jayc89]

33 minutes ago, Mr Punter said:

I like the main dining area in the kitchen but I imagine this was not practical / desired?  You may find the units at the back of the island difficult to access and the worktop overhang insufficient.  Don't go for drainer grooves as I have found they just get grubby.

 

We did consider making the utility area a dining area (well, switching the two around and having the dining area in front of the patio sliders) but we typically prefer a more formal dining room, so we can shut out the kitchen mess whilst eating - call us old school! We also thought of having the "other side" as a sitting/living/day room space but we're not convinced our lifestyle lends itself well to that either.