Would this floorplan be a deal breaker? pic attached

[ginghamstarfish]

Seriously looking at this house on rightmove - floorplan in pic - wondering about whether the kitchen having no windows is a deal breaker, as it's really in the middle of the house ... yes there is a cooker hood and ceiling vent, but I am used to opening windows when cooking. The only thing to open is the bifold door in the 'conservatory' (actually a proper roofed living area off the kitchen) which you really wouldn't want in winter, or open the door to the utility room, or open door to utility and open that window, or open kitchen door to hall and then front door. Anyone got a similar layout? Can't decide if this would drive me mad!

The bedroom off the kitchen is worse to me

Our long term plan is to have a kitchen similar to this with a door opening into a conservatory dining room. We currently have a utility off our kitchen via a back door so generally have that open when I cook and the kitchen window. We will be putting in a powerful extractor fan to take most steam etc out that way.
Our kitchen is nw facing and it will become a galley, but a wide galley, and hopefully won't be too dark but my plan is for it to be white, seaglass green and wood/effect.
I think a bedroom directly off the kitchen would be more of an issue esp with food smells coming into the bedroom. Oh, just read the rest of the posts and see that it's actually accessed via the hall which would have been my suggestion of that wasn't already the case.
I think the only thing that would put me off would be the apparent lack of bathroom or loo!

We don't plan to do any reconfiguration as the house (bungalow) is only 2 years old, and would not be able to afford it after buying.

Would it be that expensive to knock down the wall between the kitchen and utility room and make good, so you have the benefit of the window in the utility room? And perhaps enlarge that window? Maybe not immediately, but in a year or two?

Was it really built from scratch in that style only a couple of years ago? It would be a no from me, I'd rather have a larger living room and conservatory combined than a kitchen with a sink island (I'm assuming the rest of the floorplan is accurate but given that they've put a non-existant door into the kitchen who knows 😁) Good luck with the decision OP, hope you find the right house for you.

Same.

I would prefer the utility to stay separate, partly because it houses all the heat pump apparatus, but is also big enough to dry laundry in (without kitchen smells!).

Is the wall between kitchen and conservatory as pronounced as the floor plan makes it look? Ie just a doorway space between the two? Is there a door?

If there isn't a door, I'd buy the house with mind to save up to remove the whole wall between kitchen and conservatory (as you said it has a proper roof). This will give you a big kitchen diner living space and plenty of light. You can then crack open the bifolds slightly for air flow, which will be fine.

Keep the kitchen shape as is and have a peninsular to separate the space. You could even just get the wall above the worktop taken down and leave it as a half wall on the other side. But I think it needs to feel like one room to make sense.

So how about knocking down the wall between the kitchen and conservatory, or and/or putting a window into the side of the conservatory?

Also wouldn’t work for young families - surely people wouldn’t want young kids sleeping downstairs whilst they sleep upstairs.

The bedroom off the kitchen is against Building Regs and illegal. Does it have a self close fire door on it? I’d expect the mortgage company to spot that in the title report and reduce lending or pull the loan offer. It’s also not practical for use as a bedroom.

Is there another floor plan showing a bathroom?!

You need to read all the OP's messages. She says the plan is wrong and the bedroom doesn't open off the kitchen. Also that she cut off part of the floor plan including the bathroom.

Can you post a picture of the kitchen to get better opinions, because the floor plan is pretty useless if it's wrong!

I would not buy it for all the reasons other posters have given.

My question was really just about the kitchen not having its own window to open. The rest of the house (bungalow) is fine, but cut it off to just show the kitchen and what is around it. The bedroom does NOT open off the kitchen, but the hallway. Sorry for any confusion. The kitchen dining/conservatory area is very light, with a 3 panel bifold door.

It wouldn't be a deal breaker if it was a nice light space and I loved the house. Has it been for sale for a while, that might indicate it's put people off, and could make selling more difficult?

Thinking about it, my friends very large "high end" new build also only has bifolds in the kitchen area. It's not a problem and I didn't even think about it until now.

I see your point but I think as you have the option for air flow through the utility it would be ok.

Building regs only apply to structural stuff done in the last 10 (Maybe 20?) years So older houses will have layouts that don’t meet current regulations... stairs that are too narrow, or too steep, ceilings and attic rooms with inadequate head height, etc etc. It doesn’t make them “illegal”.
Not that it’s relevant here anyway as (a) bedroom isn’t off the kitchen, and (b) house is only 2 years old.

OP, the lack of a kitchen window would be a compromise I’d be willing to make if the house works for you otherwise. There’s always a compromise (with perfect houses, the compromise would be the cost!!).