could you live with a small kitchen?

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Ok, found a nice house that ticks most of the boxes for me - fab location, lovely garden, garage, 3 bedrooms, very good sized living area, priced reasonably. The only downside is that the kitchen is very small (about 10 by 9 foot). Please give me your pespective! (by the way, there is a separate dining area).

I think it depends on the age of your children and the way that you cook. When we rented between houses we had a lovely big u-shaped kitchen and dh and I could cook together, or have one of us cooking while the other did laundry/emptied the dishwasher and it was great. Now if there is more than one person in the kitchen we get in each other's way.

I also hate that my kitchen is too small to eat in as my children are still small so there is a lot of carrying of plates etc in and out of the kitchen.

Having lived with a kitchen of that size, and one with room for a table and seating area, I would definitely, if we're talking ideals, be prepared to compromise on the rest of the house.

The smaller kitchen was fine, better than fine, but in a trade-off between sitting room and kitchen, the kitchen would win. Compromising on the garden, though, might be another matter

I have lived with small kitchens, but never out of choice.

If I were going to buy a place, a small kitchen would be a dealbreaker.

Also because my folks had their kitchen completely remolded, and I cannot tell you what a huge, messy, awful upheaval it was. For two months.

And it was just the two of them (we'd long grown up and moved out).