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AIBU to add serving hatches between kitchen, utility and dining room?

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OrangeCrushes · 28/05/2026 12:58

It's a floorplan question!

I want to turn my current kitchen into a utility room and the current second reception into a kitchen. The problem is the dining room would be far from the kitchen and we will often need to take things from the new utility to go into the kitchen.

AIBU to add one or more serving hatches to the floorplan - between kitchen and utility and utility and dining room, respectively?

Marked up floorplan attached as well as a serving hatch idea

AIBU to add serving hatches between kitchen, utility and dining room?
AIBU to add serving hatches between kitchen, utility and dining room?
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TheStepboardisfullofbitteroddos · 28/05/2026 13:07

I agree with pp. I'd turn the bathroom into the utility and the utility into a cloakroom/ shower room. Couldn't do with a loo just a door away from the kitchen!

Hatch wise, I'd agree with kitchen and utility- I'd probably stick it in a cupboard so it wasn't visable though. Have a counter top cupboard and the worktop continuous through the hatch so you can slide things through.

I wouldn't have a dining room one as I think it's a bit awkward in a row t hat size and would limit furniture and decor etc.

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OrangeCrushes · 28/05/2026 13:04

LittleBearPad · 28/05/2026 13:02

I’d also swap the utility and downstairs cloak so the cloakrooms off your new utility and you gain a bit of space in your new kitchen

This would entail a lot of work as the current cloakroom is a low quality extension and I don't want to knock through the kitchen's exterior wall to widen

Our objective is to spend as little as possible on this project while retaining useful spaces.

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OrangeCrushes · 28/05/2026 13:02

LittleBearPad · 28/05/2026 13:01

Why do you need a dining room?

Turn the dining room into a snug and eat in the kitchen - it’s big enough.

I will be putting an "unfitted" island in the kitchen where we can eat family meals. It's actually a very narrow room and I will need the counter space that the island offers.

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LittleBearPad · 28/05/2026 13:02

I’d also swap the utility and downstairs cloak so the cloakrooms off your new utility and you gain a bit of space in your new kitchen

LittleBearPad · 28/05/2026 13:01

Why do you need a dining room?

Turn the dining room into a snug and eat in the kitchen - it’s big enough.

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