I live in a 1930s semi, with a long, not very wide kitchen which acts a bit like a corridor to the back door.
I know it's not laid out brilliantly (base units and high cupboards plus fridge on one wall, cooker and sink and white goods under worktop on other (window) side. There's a large built-in and quite impractical except for storing cookbooks and martini glasses we never use anymore Welsh dresser at one end and two tall built in cupboards (one behind each door). There's nowhere to sit and eat, and if I'm in there with someone else (like kids) we're constantly bumping into each other. So we want to do a refurb/rejig/redesign to optimise the layout and storage.
The house is in a row of 16 semis, laid out identically (each is a mirror image of its adjoining partner). I've seen both the NDN's kitchens while drinking wine or feeding the cat but I'm very curious to know what other neighbours have done with their space. Knocked through to dining room? Breakfast bar? Kept original features?
Would it be weird/rude/overly nosy to knock on other neighbours' doors and ask to see how they've done theirs? We've lived here for over five years and I know some of them to say hello to, but not by name and haven't been into their houses.
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Kitchen redesign - should I ask the neighbours?
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djini · 29/04/2016 22:15
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