We've purchased our first IP and have been advised to re-do the kitchen before putting it on the rental market.
I'm after some ideas on how to make the space work better. It is quite a pokey area and the current layout is not very user friendly.
Total current kitchen area is 2.9m x 3.25m. The window is 1.6m from LH wall and is 1m x 1m in size.
Total room size, which includes Dining space on the other side of the bench is 2.9 x 5.3m.
The oven is only 2 years old so we want to keep it for now. And we want to add a dishwasher to the new design.
I am tossing up between a U shape - thinking we could knock out the bulkhead/overhead cabinets/pantry/drawer combo and make it as an open bench, maybe with slight overhang into dining area? Would we need to get building permit to do that? Pantry would need to go on the opposite wall to the sink, but as that is the thoroughfare it'd have to be narrow.
Or an L shape - extending cabinets into dining area
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
PS. We will be repainting the walls a neutral colour.
I'm after some ideas on how to make the space work better. It is quite a pokey area and the current layout is not very user friendly.
Total current kitchen area is 2.9m x 3.25m. The window is 1.6m from LH wall and is 1m x 1m in size.
Total room size, which includes Dining space on the other side of the bench is 2.9 x 5.3m.
The oven is only 2 years old so we want to keep it for now. And we want to add a dishwasher to the new design.
I am tossing up between a U shape - thinking we could knock out the bulkhead/overhead cabinets/pantry/drawer combo and make it as an open bench, maybe with slight overhang into dining area? Would we need to get building permit to do that? Pantry would need to go on the opposite wall to the sink, but as that is the thoroughfare it'd have to be narrow.
Or an L shape - extending cabinets into dining area
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
PS. We will be repainting the walls a neutral colour.
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