Range cooker at end of run

[Tobuyornot99]

Hello, me again!
Anyone successfully put a range cooker at the end of a run of units, so the side is exposed? I can't find any images online, and can't imagine how it wouldn't look awful. But it's the least worst plan I have for my awkward shaped kitchen. I'd probably be looking at one of the more modern type ranges as I like a viewing window.
Thanks in advance!

Now come on @Tobuyornot99, you know you can't mention a kitchen plan without posting a diagram. Let's have a look and see if it will work or could go somewhere else instead.

I wouldn’t. There must be an alternative?

You need some sort or work surface either side of your cooker.

@wowfudge, I'll hang my head in shame for even trying to get away with that!

Here is my completely not to scale diagram for a kitchen with a million bloody doors.

I should say that fridge freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, and a load of storage is in the utility room.

Critique away.....

You seem to have cupboard widths of all sorts of sizes.

It is a tiny kitchen and the range cooker is 600 wide. Is that right?

I think I’d knock a wall down and make it bigger. Can you? It has virtually no work surface. This looks like good money after bad to me.

if you want, you can put a decorative panel to hide the cooker side. They are mostly used on the ends of a run of wall or floor units to hide the plain end, especially when the units are budget white ones with self-assembly screws on show. They are usually chosen to match the unit doors, but you can buy them in a dazzling variety if you want. If you have a spare one, you could also use a unit door and a bit of plinth. Laminate will stand up to heat and spills better than anything else. Vinyl wrap won't.

Or you could add a narrow unit beside the cooker. The narrowest is usually a 150mm, but 300mm is a bit more useful.

I'd agree that a worktop is very useful at each side of the cooker.

btw it is undesirable to put a cooker next to a door, where someone will bump into you when you are lifting a pan full of hot fat or boiling water.

Thanks for the feedback!
I've scrapped the dream of squeezing a range in, so the cooker will be a standard 50cm, leaving me with an annoying 20cm space to the side of it, I could probably fit a wine rack / pull out tea towel holder there maybe, and it would be a bit of safety hat hot pans etc are not right next to the door, thanks Piglet.

Bubbles you are right, no symmetry at all, and lots of doors. For various reasons I can't knock down walls, close off doors unfortunately, wish I could. The peninsular type affair with the the draws in is actually open plan onto the dining area, but I can't extend the kitchen units into there due to 2 more sets of double doors. Honestly, I've never seen so many doors is one house!

The only thing you could do would be to put a side panel that matched the units at the end of the run if that's possible with the heat of the oven. If you are going for standard 600 wide cooker then definitely use the bit of space at the end for tall bottles, trays, towel rail etc, you'll be surprised how soon you'll be glad it's there!

You can get taller wall cabinets in some kitchen ranges - I'd go for some of those in order to maximise storage providing you have the ceiling height for them. A decent double oven with induction hob might be better than a range cooker.

standard cookers are 600mm these days. A few 500mm are made, but not many. I find it annoying to try to use them with more than one large pan.

I agree that a built-in double oven has advantages. No stooping; the ovens can be bigger, and you can put pan drawers under your hob (or in the low part of the tower). Pan drawers are great. In the top of the tower you can put all the junk that you will never, ever use (sandwich toaster, pasta maker, rice steamer, fancy coffee machine, salad spinner).