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Appreciate your input, ta. A good test of the logic.
You haven't got much cupboard space with this.
Indeed. There utility becomes a pantry, though.
Extract air to the outside?
Might look into this. Suspect it's difficult as the flat is in a conservation area so anything new on the outside needs planning permission. Might be exempted for vents, I need to review the documentation.
Having a sink > prep > cooker is usually a good thing
Agreed for sure. Don't think I can though, for the available budget.
Reduced depth full height cupboards for a portion of the chimney breast
Not shown on the plan is a recess (Edinburgh press cupboard) that is receiving the fridge and microwave) between cooker and window. So not planning to run work surfaces in front of all this. However the plan allows for extension of the cupboards and surfaces around there and in front of the window if o change my mind!
Swap the draining rack
Cool, could work, will have a think!
Cupcakes-
I'd like to see some photos, the Ikea planner doesn't do it justice!
I think you need a building warrant for something like that, we've just gone through the process of applying to take a wall down and put in an extractor vent. In Edinburgh and in a conservation area. The agent we were assigned was a trainee with, we think with little experience. It would have been less painful to bang my head against the wall until it came down, it was next to impossible to talk to him on the phone, my emails went largely unanswered and unread.
Because so many flats have that same layout you could probably have a look at rightmove and see what other people have done? My parents first flat in Edinburgh was exactly like that!
rj
You haven't got much cupboard space with this.
Is there a reason you are not going all the way round underneath the window? You could relatively easily get/build a half height shelving thing for the bit to the left of the washing machine so the counter would be continuous.Random assorted thoughts -
you could have a cooker extractor thing in front of the window and
extract air to the outside?