Floorplan suggestions - creating a kitchen-diner in an extended 1930's house

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We are soon to be moving into a 1930's detached house with a single-story extension to the rear.

We would like to create an open kitchen-diner space and are looking for advice on what might be feasible without further extension.

We believe that the wall between the dining room and kitchen could be quite easily removed (creating a partial opening). However, the wall between the sitting room and kitchen is thicker and likely load-bearing (see the section highlighted in the purple box).

Would it be feasible to open up the sitting room, dining room and kitchen into a large kitchen-diner space? Could anyone give a very rough estimate for this type of work?

Any layout suggestions would be welcomed - thanks!

What would be the dimensions of the kitchen space with this layout? Quite a lot of openings as well reducing wall space.

Also you'd need to think about your hall and the amount of light it would get.

I'd add a peninsula to the kitchen in your preferred layout and make it a potential breakfast bar. More worktop. More cupboard space.

Do consider lighting in your middle area though. (We put our kitchen in that area as it can be quite dark.)

We've got a house with a similar layout but has doors between front and middle room and door from hall to middle room blocked up (all done by previous owners). I've put furniture in front of the double doors to stop people walking through and treating it like a corridor. But, we still have access from the hall to the kitchen. You might want to consider that.

Had initially considered this option. Currently, there is a serving hatch between the kitchen/dining room - so could further open this up to create a breakfast bar and give more worktop space.

Will take a look - thank you !

That wouldn’t be a big enough kitchen for me.

I would put the snug/office in that space with folding doors to separate it off if required. I don’t think pocket doors ( my preference) will work in that location due to the layout.

Have the kitchen in the middle area. Re hang the door to open against the wall. There may be room for an island if you like them or create a peninsular breakfast bar to separate the dining area if the space is wide enough.

Should be room for a sofa or comfy armchairs either in the kitchen area or dining part too.

Like the idea, but moving the kitchen might be cost prohibitive. I wonder if the small extension to the rear might be the simplest solution?

I know someone with this layout. I would add banquet seating/bench on the wall by the dining table as it’s less of an intrusive footprint than chairs.

I suspect the structural work will be expensive.

I'd work with what you have and make the sitting room and extended dining room one big kitchen diner. With a couple of comfy chairs or compact sofa in wall as you come in.

I'd split the existing kitchen in two. Ideally the rooms would be the other way round but an office or kids snug would be better at the window end so I'd put the utility in middle. I don't really see why we need to drag our dirty clothes through the kitchen and you'd presumably be bringing them down from upstairs anyway.

Moving a kitchen isn't too expensive as long as the plumbing is nearby. I'd guess it's in that back corner.

It has a big advantage during the work as you could keep a separate living room and kitchen and do it in two phases so the old one only comes out once the new one is complete.