Kitchen design issue - double oven next to fridge freezer

debtfreeian

Hi, we've had a design completed on our kitchen which has an awful layout to be honest. The room has a two doors as one goes into the garage which breaks things up. Anyhow here's the design.

Kitchen 1
Kitchen 2
Kitchen 3

The main issue I have is the double oven next to the integrated fridge freezer. Im thinking of the awkwardness with accessing the fridge when using the oven and also taking food from the oven over to the counter. The only real alternative I can think is to ditch the double oven and change to an built under oven underneath the hob.

Any other thoughts out there appreciated.

ka7e

Would it work if you moved the radiator along and put the oven and ff facing the run of units?

Doozergirl

It would make sense to put the oven under the hob if the only other option is to have it out there on a limb.

But it's really hard to have any idea without the floor plan.

I would not be afraid to move a doorway if the result was a better layout.

shortcrust

The fridge being next to the oven wouldn’t be an issue in itself for me but I couldn’t cope with an oven so far from a worktop. Think about all those things that you want to take out, do something, and put back in quickly like basting a roast or doing Yorkshire puds. Really inconvenient and maybe a bit dangerous in a busy kitchen.

cybervic

How many people are there in your household? if only 1 or 2 I think you can get away with congestion in that area. If it's more than 3 people then I think there will be many clashes when one is using oven and the other is trying to access fridge freezer.

PasturesNew

I'd not want an oven without somewhere handy to put things down suddenly when I've reached in and it's turned out to be hotter than I'd expected, or it started to slip.

Your workspace is broken up so you've not much prep space, yet you've a monster hob which indicates you do a lot of cooking.... if that were me I'd stick the sink in the corner and have a well lit straight run under the window... and you are more likely to look out of the window while prepping food than when washing up.

Is that THREE ovens? Blimey.

Could you put the F/F on the left as you enter the door, small spot of worktop (to put things down as you're getting things in/out), then the hob, then a small bit of space, corner sink, long stretch of worktop under the window.

Then have the oven in the corner (on the wall where it is) and have another spot of worktop beside the oven/adjacent to the door.

Two doors in a kitchen - what's through there? If you've people traipsing back/forth that'd be a problem as they'd get in your way.

HUGE hob and 3 ovens.... do you actually need that many/that size?

Owain_Moneysaver

Put the oven and f/f along the radiator wall and change the radiator to a fan plinth heater under the oven. Then consider changing either the oven/s or the f/f to undercounter models to give you a length of worktop.

ed110220

Why not get rid of the radiator, have one oven under the hob and another (if you must have another!) under a counter on the radiator wall, replacing the radiator with a plinth heater?

TELLIT01

I wouldn't have the oven away from a worksurface unless I had room for a butcher block on wheels. At least then you can put a work surface near the oven when needed.
I'm assuming it's a double oven with microwave over. That's the setup we have, but we have a worksurface to one side too.

getmore4less

Looks like double oven with microwave above might be the plan.

my guess is around ~4mx<3m (sink on the short run)

The problem with turning the tall units onto the radiator(short) wall will it compromise the corner door access

it is not clear how much room there is to each the side of the window or between the door and the sink run.

I would consider full hight along the full wall with the door in the middle if there is space for the oven unit nearer the window wall.

Move the sink into the corner freeing up work surface under the window and now next to the oven(s).
That would give room for more storage or a bigger FF in the current oven space.

looks like there is just a dishwasher so laundry must be somewhere else
if in the garage could some of the storage move there as well freeing up the need for so much in the kitchen.

Cisco001

Can I assume you have a second fridge somewhere?

Those build in fridge freezer is quick small.