Best way to heat galley kitchen?

[ZombieExpert]

Hi we are at the beginning stage of planning a kitchen refit and I'm in a dilemma over the best way to heat it. I have a tendency to overthink and tie myself in knots over things and would be very grateful for some practical advice!

We have a galley kitchen roughly 12.5 m2 (4.80 x 2.60) with french doors at the end. It's one of the coldest rooms in the house and important we get the heating right. Currently we have a radiator at the end of the room to the right of the French doors. Ideally we would like to use the wall space for units/storage but I'm not sure it will be practical or cost effective.

Below is what I've come up with so far:

Electric underfloor heating - easy to install but expensive.

Wet underfloor heating - effective but expensive and difficult to fit. Floor level could need raising to accommodate it. Worth it for a small kitchen?

Plinth heaters - noisy and not particularly effective. Collect a lot of dirt.

Radiator - simple but uses up wall space and will mean not having a clean run of units up both sides of kitchen.

I had plinth heaters in my kitchen for a while, I wouldn't have them again.

I now have a tall thin radiator in a small wall space behind the door, heats the space (same kitchen) really well.

Would your galley be wide enough for something similar?

Thanks @Chasingsquirrels that's a great suggestion and really helpful to see the picture. If we put shallow shelving/cabinet directly behind the door (in the same position as yours) we should be able to fit something in. Not sure how this would look but will have a think about it.

I've just measured the width and it is just under 22cm, pipe centres will be a bit wider.
Mine is a double rad and with the height throws out a decent amount of heat.

Thanks @Chasingsquirrels - that's so helpful! I think it might work but am driving myself mad trying to work out how to configure the rest of it!

Does anyone know if it is expensive to move a radiator's location from one side of a room to the other? Not sure how it would work with adding piping etc?

Me again 🙂

In my afore-mentioned kitchen I originally had a radiator on a different wall, then had an extension and removed that radiator with the pipes capped off and behind new kitchen cupboards (and had the plinth heaters) and then several years later had a new kitchen and had the tall radiator installed (this was late 2019).

Plan shows where the rad moved from and to, and the red is new piping under the floorboards.

I don't have the cost for that alone, as it was part of a number of things, but given the total cost I'd say it was about £150-£200 for the plumber to do the pipework and install (not supply) the new rad.

Thank you so much for all your help @Chasingsquirrels! It is all beginning to look quite doable