Avoiding a long narrow corridor from front to back of house

[MILdesperandum]

Please help! The layout of our house following our planned extension is driving me crazy! However I plan it I end up with a long corridor running from the front door through the house to the big kitchen/diner area across the back. The current kitchen is becoming the utility (left hand side) and whilst I'm happy with the spaces we'd end up to I'm worried that the long corridor is going to feel really odd... anyone got an bright ideas?

I have thought of putting the utility into the back of the garage (we never keep a car in there and have plenty of off road parking) but that leaves us instead with an unusable space where the utility was with doors coming off each wall.

Things to consider with kitchen design;

large "U" shape -big obstacle to walk around

imagine everyday tasks how practical it is eg. boiled water from stove pouring out into the sink. Hot item from oven burning your fingers where can you put it down on the counter. Rinsing dishes before putting into the dishwasher. Getting a glass of water to sit at the dining table. Dirty dishes etc in sight whilst eating - consider raised edge to island to hide the mess.

Look at what works well and what doesn't in your current kitchen. Consider putting the microwave in a wall cabinet.

Consider how difficult it will be getting your shopping from the car to the kitchen and putting it away.

Where is the kitchen rubbish going? Under kitchen sink?

A double width island gives you storage on both sides.