Would a small kitchen put you off

Contessa

My kitchen isn't huge but has everything in it that I need except for a tumble dryer. This I've always kept in a spare bedroom-bizarre as it may seem, but it makes perfect sense to me as the clothes would be taken upstairs anyway. Similarly, I've always done the ironing upstairs. We have a seperate dining room right next to the kitchen and I prefer this arrangement as it is more flexible. Cooking smells and mess stay in the kitchen so you can eat more comfortably. Really nice at Christmas when you can have the table and room prepared for the festive meal. The room could be used as an extra lounge/study area if needed as well.
But, a very young EA did tell me that families will be put off by my "old fashioned arrangement" and that families look for a kitchen-diner nowadays. I wouldn't bother knocking down the wall but just leave it for the buyers to do as they wish. Easier to remove the wall than reinstate it?

Westie22

Annisele wrote: »

If I was confident that taking the wall down really would only cost £1,200, the small kitchen wouldn't put me off. But I would factor the cost of replacing the kitchen into my offer.

If I wasn't confident the rooms could be knocked together, or if the knocked-together room would be a weird shape, then personally I would be put off. However - you obviously weren't put off, and you only need one buyer!

The knocked together room wouldn't be a weird shape at all
House was bought about 30 years ago, in desperation to get out of another house after a burglary and no real house hunting was done.

Westie22

As for the lack of a proper cooker and oven instead of a gas hob, I suppose the 3 drawers below the hob could be taken out and put elsewhere, then there would be room for a full size cooker.

LEJC

LEJC

The pic above is what we did with a small kitchen and dining room....there is a utility off to the right which houses the fridge and washing machine a small workspace and leads on to guest loo...but it doesnt seem to have put anyone off...the property rented at full price in 8 days.

kleapatra

I just checked out how big my kitchen is (I checked on the rightmove details!) and mines 8'2" x 6'11" so smaller! I have a gas hob, proper oven, full size fridge freezer, washing machine and a slimline dishwasher, oh and a microwave. I have at least nine cupboards and 2 drawers, a boiler and a sink. I know people with kitchens a lot smaller than mine, in fact on viewings people have commented that its a fairly big kitchen- must be lots of small kitchens round my way! Oh and I don't have a dining room either, but it is only a one bed house!

GwylimT

Definitely, firstly I need to be able to store everything food wise and pots and pans, with the amount of cupboards you have we as a family we probably have enough room for kitchen equipment and a few tins, but no more. Though if size didn't matter I definitely would be put off if a property either had no fitted oven/there wasn't anywhere to put an oven without losing more space.

Our current kitchen is quite large, but then for us it is very important as my wife is a wheelchair user so it needs to be big enough for her to get around in there and use everything so a small kitchen or a narrow kitchen wouldn't be an option as for a wheelchair user to do something simple like open a cupboard door can require quite a bit of room.

Westie22

kleapatra wrote: »

I just checked out how big my kitchen is (I checked on the rightmove details!) and mines 8'2" x 6'11" so smaller! I have a gas hob, proper oven, full size fridge freezer, washing machine and a slimline dishwasher, oh and a microwave. I have at least nine cupboards and 2 drawers, a boiler and a sink. I know people with kitchens a lot smaller than mine, in fact on viewings people have commented that its a fairly big kitchen- must be lots of small kitchens round my way! Oh and I don't have a dining room either, but it is only a one bed house!

I'd say a dishwasher was never bought because we have always been a small family, so there was ''no need to buy one'', and a slimline one would have been seen as being ''too expensive''. and there's only 2 of us now.

I'd say us having a separate under counter fridge and freezer is a massive waste of space. If we had a fridge freezer in the cubby hole where the freezer is now, there would be room for a double cupboard where the fridge is now, as there's a bit of space beside that.

We'd have been better to have had one of those small bowl shaped sinks, instead of the standard one with a draining area, that would have made more worktop space.

We did actually buy an extra cupboard a while back as the same style was still in b&q. A family member promised to put it up for us but he let us down. And no workman is going to come out to do such a small job.

becominganobsessivesaver

For me it is one of my priorities, but it would depend on use of space. If the kitchen fits units on 3 walls you may get much more space than if there were two door ways. Is there any opportunity to extend beyond knocking into the dining room.

In the other hand there are people who don't see a kitchen as important, so you may strike lucky.

patricia..xx

No SPACE for oven or dishwasher would put me off. No room for a table but a dining room next door, not a problem at all. When we had a small kitchen we maximised space and fit in a 55cm wide fridge freezer and 45cm dishwasher. Drawers instead of bottom cupboards are also a brilliant idea.

So in answer to your question, it wouldn't put me off if I could see how it could fit my needs. But if it was remotely not my taste or a bit old I would knock off a bit from the price to reflect the fact I would have the hassle of replacing it.