Kitchen Planning Advice

pumas

Have you sourced the hob? Shape and style and type, may influence the choice. You can get 3/4 in a square, 4/3/2 in a line,  4 in a diamond, 3 in a triangle etc..

ash82

2nd option definitely for me

Slithery

You should probably post this question in the In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving board as it has nothing to do with buying or selling property...

Danny30

This is the kitchen plan. I have an issue using same width units as there is not much room for manouvere. The boiler is on the end next to the cooker and there is limited space as highlighted by the chequered red of 960mm at the narrowest. I have tried everything but can't do much else. The sink, double oven unit and cooker has to be where it is really.

DCFC79

Second option for me too, I prefer a longer worktop.

Danny30

Very split opinions lol. My dilemma is that I prefer the longer worktop but feel the hob as soon as you walk in the kitchen door as well lack of surface space to that side won't look as good or be practical. On the other hand having a whole surface space free is nice. If the hob is on the window side you have 1.2 Metres of worktop when you walk in and some on the other side but then no completely free worktop. The kitchen is only 2.7 metres long and the 3D Image can be misleading. The view on the image below gives a better example of the space.

blue_max_3

Worktops get cluttered with stuff as soon as you start to use it! You'll never have it clear! 

Danny30

The 450mm unit next to the cooker is a boiler housing unit. Would it be allowed to be that close to the boiler?

FreeBear

Looking at the floor plan, a few suggestions. The first, a safety issue.

You do not want a drawer line unit by the doorway - As mentioned earlier, if the drawer is open and someone comes running through the door, very easy to get hurt. You are also going to want to cut the corner off the end of the worktop, at say 45° - This means you'll want to shift the units ~100mm or so to the left. You have a bit of wriggle room to do that. Or move things around slightly and fit another wine storage rack in the gap - Might be possible to get a custom made one with a 45° front to match the worktop.

If you lost the wall unit beside the window, you will get loads of extra natural light over the hob.

Fit a wider unit over the top of the fridge/freezer, and bring it forward so the the front is flush with the oven housing - You could go for a full depth unit, but the 500mm or so depth would be a black hole (you will also need a step ladder).

Kitchen sink - Fit one with a draining surface to the left. The bigger the better, and try to give yourself a bit of extra room between the drainer & left hand wall.

Don't see any heating in there - You might want to think about a kickstrip heater. I have one in my kitchen, and the gentle breeze of warm air around the feet is very welcome on a cold morning. With your boiler where it is, plumbing one in shouldn't cause any problems.

phoebe1989seb

Another vote for the second option 

We don't have a typical or contemporary style kitchen, having only three wall cabinets (a plate rack over the double sink, a tall but narrow open shelf and a double door cupboard) plus a cooker hood loosely based on a Chalon design, so I can't really comment on placing the same width wall cabinets over the base ones, apart from saying I like a more random look, lol!

Regarding having different width cabinets though, personally I don't think it matters. Our kitchen is fairly large by comparison (our cabinets run along one wall opposite an island with a larder being the only cupboard on the facing wall), and apart from the dishwasher and sink cupboard we have all drawers. But our sizes go - 1000, 600, (then the range - 900), 600, 800, 400, (then butler sink cupboard - 1000), 400, 600 (integrated d/w), 300.......

Perhaps this only suits a more traditional style kitchen???