Is this the tiniest kitchen ever?

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Who designed that then? Someone who doesn't eat at home, I guess.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121110524#/?channel=RES_BUY

I have less worktop space than that kitchen, I live in a tiny little bungalow but have also had a flat with a smaller kitchen that too, I take it you have only lived in large palatial homes OP?

No I've seen them be a hob, fridge and one cupboard before

@BruceAndNosh

You've clearly not seen many central London flats. That kitchen is a heck of a lot larger than my son's in Earl's Court

Exactly. That is almost twice the size of the kitchen in our London flat that we paid about the same price for... 20 years ago! At least we have a separate kitchen, dining room and sitting room. Nowadays, a developer would have probably squashed them all into one room to squeeze an extra bedroom or 2 in or an entire 2nd flat.

Not quite, this might be.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/114379880

Nope, the kitchen part, excluding the "dining area" is still marginally bigger than my kitchen, @TheFeistyFeminist.

Omg, it's so small.

Oh, and I hate this trend for having a kitchen in the living area. Who wants to smell the cooking smells while they're reading a book, or listen to the washing machine spinning while they're watching telly? (If there's space for a washing machine in that kitchen!)

I had an open plan kitchen/living room in a flat at one point, though I had a set of shelves that was open on both sides to divide them up. I quite liked it because it meant I could chat to people or watch TV when I was cooking, and things like cooking smells never really bothered DP and me.

I’ve happily lived with a smaller kitchen. I couldn’t live with that Juliet balcony though.

That’s a decent size house and perfectly adequate kitchen, and fair enough price, for a single person on a good salary. If you live alone, most of the problems PPs have pointed out aren’t an issue.

Personally, though, I’d turn the downstairs loo into a utility room/mud room.

I've seen far smaller kitchens, indeed the one in my late MIL's house is smaller than that.

Building regs have changed, as noted upthread, but a lavatory leading out into a common area, without the old-school two door separation was a deal-breaker for me when buying.

The kitchen in my first flat was about half that size but that was a one-bed flat, not a family home.
Not very practical but then I suppose lots of people don’t cook much from scratch so maybe it would suit some people.
I’d be concerned about the toilet opening straight into the kitchen as I don’t think that is building regs compliant. If that’s the case, I’d wonder what else isn’t up to modern standards.

Ever been inside a Victorian terrace?

That kitchen is massive compared to some I have had.

I do not miss trying to figure out how to cook a meal with 24 inches of counter space.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Ever been inside a Victorian terrace?

This!

My kitchen has a fridge freezer, then the washing machine (work top over), sink + draining board, a 30cm cupboard and the dishwasher, then the cooker. I do at least have 4.5 top cupboards but I definitely have less worktop room than that.

It's moderately irritating and it isn't an optimal size but it's not so bad that I can be bothered to move house. I cater for 12+ probably at least a few times a year from it, regular dinner parties or afternoon teas etc.

The averagely small kitchen would be the least of my worries, the awful open plan ground floor with a toilet shoehorned in there is worse

Have all the walls been knocked down or was it built like that

My kitchen's tiny!That's a good size compared to mine.

I can’t see a problem with it.

Then again, I spent 10 years renting victorian terrace houses in London with the only bathroom in the house opening directly onto the kitchen diner. It was fine.

To be fair, that’s very cheap for a lot of house so maybe that’s the compromise.

I’d bloody hate it though, our rooms are much smaller but at least not open plan.

It's bigger than our kitchen! You can only fit one person in at a time, the door has to be sliding as there is no room for it to open. We have an oven, a sink and one work surface with a fridge under it. But we live in a back to back where small kitchens are the norm.

Would it have been built like that, it looks fairly modern, you would have to hang your coats in the living room, I would be worried about having anything too heavy upstairs in case it didn't hold up

This is twice the size of the kitchen in our first rental flat. The only bit of available worktop JUST fit a chopping board. BUT, that flat wasn't pretending to be a family home.
The house you've shared has 3 beds so this is, by the developers standards, a 'family home'.
I'm trying to imagine every activity a family does - cooking, dining, playing, watching TV, homework, hobbies - all taking place in that single little room downstairs. You could be 45 years old with 2 kids and you still can't host your elderly parents for Christmas because you've not got a table.

I'm pretty sure you have to have two doors between a loo and a kitchen. This is gross

There’s room for a table in the kitchen/diner area though?

Christ, It’s far bigger than anything I’ve ever rented with three children! Where do you all live? That house would be a dream come true for me.