Should I move or extend and which extension would you choose?

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Sunroom or kitchen

We are contemplating either moving or building an extension on our house but are struggling to choose what to do.

We like the idea of a sunroom which could double as a dining room at Christmas etc when family come over or if we wanted extra lounge space. Hubby really loves this idea and has visions of us sitting out there lots. Do you think it would be used or just extra, wasted space. This would involve me losing my much loved pantry during the kitchen redesign to give more workspace.
A kitchen extension on the other hand would give us a decent sized dining room (containing pantry as a store cupboard) along with an extra lounge space. The problem is that the space for a doorway into the kitchen may be tight due to the fridge/freezer on the left. Also there would be no view from the dining window as it would be frosted due to neighbours with shared drive. This was the design we were originally having but our neighbour has refused to let us use her wall as a party wall so we have lost 300mm.
I am also concerned that the space for the small (70-80 cm) table may seem a bit closed in and claustrophobic. I don't really want the kitchen too far from any table as I use it when decorating cakes.
We are reluctant to remove any walls.

Would you please share your thoughts/opinions with me. Although it is obviously for our own personal use, I don't want to do anything that might put people off buying in the future.
I have added roomplans for each extension. At the moment we have a very old falling down conservatory.

The sun room plans give the look of a corridor, which end of the corridor shall we sit at today? The kitchen will add extra cost to move so the sun room would be cheaper. Could you close off the front living room and create a family style room open plan kitchen dining and seating in sun room (but this would include the dreaded walls removals).

Right well I would definitely go for a kitchen extension over a sun room.

Realistically how often in the UK (are you in the uk?) are you going to use a sun room? It's not that sunny! I guess just think about how much you would use it.

My PIL have a conservatory and I hate it, for six months of the year it's cold. They only use it in summer, and it has underfloor heating. It's also really noisy when it rains. In the evening I run in and run out of it as it's bitterly cold. I would never have one.

I guess it spends how you would use the space. We are having a big kitchen extension. If it were me I would knock down a few walls and make a big kitchen diner rather than having a separate kitchen dining room. But I would always go for a kitchen over a sun room, just not how you've planned it.

Yes, I am a bit worried about the "which end shall we sit today" too although with an east/west orientation that could be nice. Just to clarify - by sun room I don't mean a conservatory but a proper extension with patio doors and a large window which would be bright and sunny.
I do like the idea if a large kitchen/ diner but would want to close off the front lounge from cooking smells. Unfortunately the front lounge is only 9'8 by 12'3 so would feel far too small if closed off.

Hubby's argument is that we would have more flexibility with the sun room as we could make it a dining room and have an L shaped lounge or have it as in the photo.

Can you not go across the whole back?

I'm looking at your pictures having a think!

I think neither of those layouts would work tbh. Where you have the kitchen extension at the back of the house, the table looks small and you're going to be walking through 2 rooms to be able to go and sit at the dining room table

The other option looks better (more practical) but I'd be tempted to knock the wall down between the kitchen and the dining space to open up the kitchen, maybe install glass doors between the dining space and the lounge if you don't want to be completely open plan, but have that option when you have lots of people around.

I have similar but I have my living room cut off with slimline interior bifold doors so living room is bright (opaque glass) can be opened for entertaining and when open the doors protrude into dining room. Only ever open about two or three times a year but was worth it for the light as makes room seem bigger than it is. My kitchen and dinning area is where yours are, leading to a sun room as we like the open door to garden living area. We considered the kitchen plan but it meant we lost space for access to garden as well as access to kitchen.

In both of them you seem to have to traipse through the sitting room to access the kitchen, this is a pet hate of mine.

I also have french doors across sun room (mine was a conservatory but foundations and corner pillars means it passed building regs for a roof). These are hinged so they fold back to the walls. I could never make my mind up for open plan or not so this gives more options and exterior bifold for garden.

Thanks everyone.
We can't go across the whole house because we have a shared drive and the garage is in the way.
Mandy and Cobain - some of the neighbours have knocked out the wall between kitchen and dining room and it does give a more open feel, I hadn't thought of glass or bifold doors. I might go and have another nosy at my neighbours houses lol. Cobain, we have french doors at the moment between dining room and falling down conservatory and would keep those too (new and updated of vourse , I love space but I also love the ability to close doors.
As for traipsing through 2 rooms to get to the kitchen, in principal I agree and this was one reason I was reluctant to consider bricking up the kitchen/hallway door but then hubby pointed out that we haven't used that door in years as we have something against it in the kitchen and the dog has his 'bedroom' the other side in the hallway. So I guess it doesn't bother me as much as I thought lol .