We would really like a bigger kitchen and the most obvious solution is to remove the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. This would, however, require significant structural work and quotes are unaffordable, we would also effectively lose a room which is a disadvantage. A much more straightforward plan would seem to be to move the kitchen to the existing living room (which is already the size of the proposed knocked through room) Use the dining room as a living room and keep the existing kitchen as a second reception/study/snug.
We don’t have mains gas and the water was going to have to be moved anyway, electrics are accessible and shouldn’t be a problem. The main issue is the drains are all at the back from the existing kitchen. The main sewer does run along the road at the bottom of our drive so in principle seems like it could be accessed. There’s a rainwater gulley at the front too which might help as its combined drainage, but it depends how and if that links to the main sewer.
Has anyone done this? Specifically has anyone basically put in a new drain in to connect to a public sewer? I know this has regs implications etc but does anyone have any idea of cost? Obviously not worth it if the money we save on the build is spent on the drainage.....