Had the whole of my DH;s family round for tea last night - a fairly common occurence. They are noisy buggers. And I realised that I quite liked the fact that they were all being noisy in the separate dining room and I could get some space in the kitchen.
New house was thinking of knocking through to big open kitchen diner looking out on garden. But maybe what I'd want is a garden room to contemplate the garden and keep the noise buggers in the dining room.
Would this be unworkable for future sellers though....?