Kitchen/diner or sep kitchen and dining room

[Sum2021]

Hello all,

Moved to a house with a small(ish) kitchen and smallish dining room (approx 3 x 3) and kitchen approx 6 x 3. There is a wall between the two. We are looking to stay at this house approx 5- 10 years and wondering what will hold/increase value -keeping the two rooms seperate or breaking the stud wall and making a good sized (albeit not huge) kitchen diner?

We host a lot and cook a lot of smelly food but would love to have a decent 8 seater dining table and lots of cupboard space.

Opinions appreciated TIA x

Absolutely kitchen diner. We have a separate dining room as well as kitchen diner but we use it as a snug instead as I prefer to eat in the kitchen and like the social space when cooking etc. Great for supervising homework when cooking etc.

Doors of some kind between the rooms will give you both options.

So much easier to serve up food in a kitchen diner and clear up afterwards, rather than walking everything through to a separate room and back again