Big enough for kitchen diner?

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We are considering a house purchase that would involve knocking a wall down between the kitchen and dining room to make them a kitchen diner. Problem is I’m worried that even the two rooms together aren’t big enough. The current kitchen is tiny (2.9m x 2.9m) and the dining room is 4.5 x 3.4. Just wondered if anyone has any thoughts or advice? Extending not really an option sadly.

Show the floor plan - people come up with amazing ideas when they can see the whole space x

Rightmove floor plan pls OP!

I would say yes. We have knocked down a wall to create a kitchen diner. Our kitchen was slightly bigger, but we have a large dining table and dresser in the diner. I think with smaller/less furniture it would be workable. It's a so much better space.

Floorplan here… hopefully it attaches! The back door leads onto some steps so the back wall won’t change to bifolds or anything.

Could you block up the door to the kitchen to give yourself that whole wall for worktop/units, take the wall down between the kitchen and sitting room and then put a small peninsular/breakfast bar in?

Also does your back door actually open inwards or is that an error on the design?

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Also does your back door actually open inwards or is that an error on the design?

My back door opens inwards in this house as there are steps outside so perhaps that's why. I would block up the other door and use the old kitchen as the dining area and put the kitchen on 3 sides of the bigger room if you can work thst with drains and plumbing etc

I’d put a door in before the loo and knock all those walls down. It will greatly increase the sense of space, and as the loo is to the side it won’t really feel as part of the dining/kitchen space.
I’d have the back wall either bifold or two/three pairs of french doors or sliding doors whatever.
I’d move the kitchen into the sitting room running units on the wall between it and living room and the right wall (so L shaped run of units). I’m not sure you’d have room for an island as it would compromise your dining area, which runs parallel to the outer wall half into the old kitchen space with a lovely view to garden.

Take down the wall between the kitchen and sitting room and block the existing kitchen door. Put patio doors in. Move the kitchen into the existing sitting room and have units across the back wall and window wall and possibly put in an island. Like this...

Love these ideas, thank you! I hadn’t even noticed the back door opened inwards (been in the house once for 10 mins) so I’m so glad to have different perspectives!

It is big enough but I would block kitchen door and remove garden door and would have patio door off sitting room. That would give you full kitchen counter run in U shape.

It is big enough. I would put an L shaped in the sitting room. Island in the middle with a hob and whatever venting you need and dining area where the kitchen is. If you didn’t want an Island you could have room for kitchen-diner-small lounge.

This is what I'd do. Put kitchen units around the room to the right and then only keep the door into your present kitchen which would lead you straight out to the back door. Just make sure you have your dining table as close to the left hand side so you have a proper walkway between the doors.

Red means knock this wall down and blue means block this doorway up.

You could make the kitchen door a pocket door, whichever one you decide to keep - it'll give an enhanced feeling of space and mean you can have move usable wall space.

Kitchen diner for how many?

Have a refectory style table and built in banquette seating with storage on the far left hand wall of what is currently the kitchen and you won't need as much circulation space around it as you would with chairs all round the table and you get additional storage space. You can also put high level wall cupboards above the banquette if needed.