How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

wowie the prices, but actually very cool

Ignore the colours - i've just used that for now.

What do folk think about the layout and choice of units?

The corner with the ovens looks quite awkward for access, cleaning etc...

A relative with a fun apartment has two of those (for drinks only I think?).
It's fun. But he has this crazy I bought in the nineties Berlin apartment and the kitchen area is huge.

Floorplan would help.
Agree that the oven might be annoying, in my view all corner cupboard solutions are a bit suboptimal
Switch fridge and oven maybe?

Does anyone know a good company who can do TM59 Overheating calculations, SAP10 Energy Efficiency Calculations, water efficiency calculations and generally advise me on materials/ventilation strategy/heating & window spec for a new build house in South UK?

This. But swap the sink and hob.

Where are your zones going to be - cooking, cleaning, prep, other people.

You don't want too much overlap between those zones, as that's where people will walk into each other.

The last picture, the cook does their stuff free and clear of all the others in the kitchen (if you swap sink and hob, that is).

Maybe even swap oven and fridge.

In fact, do swap them.

Thinking about it, you have quite a lot of space. Might be good to see what a pro would do with it.
Seeing as you have this much space, I'd be tempted to try and see how one big surface with hob and sink from sink side plus one whole wall of cupboards with those doors that slide in would look like.

so you'd have one wall with no worktops, just a solid bank of tall cabinets?

Those cabinets that hide your toaster and all that stuff and have no doors in the way when open. 40k Style!

Pocket doors is the name. Basically have some worktops that can disappear with the clutter and then have one really big surface to work on.

I looked on DIYkitchens (the platform I'm designing on) when i was putting this together and couldn't see anything like that! Annoying as I'm definitely keen on something like that

pivoting pocket doors.

Fixtures are hard enough in my native language!

Probably because DIY or ikea isn't the place for fancy stuff.
If I was to do a hide one side of a kitchen my budget would probably be curtains, sliding doors at a push.
But I'd love not to look at all the electric clutter all the time.

Any resources for bathroom inspo? Struggling to get the design committee aligned on a look and feel. @chrisbmx116 this feels like your forte.

Tbh I just did a povo version of one is saw on The Local Project (they have insta and Pinterest), that and BVDS architects, oh and Emil Eve architects.

My board: https://pin.it/7dLdGOaKC

I've always drempt of a deeper worktop on one side of the kitchen with Tambour doors instead of a splashback.

That way you could hide a lot of the worktop appliances, but have them plugged in and accessible.

It always struck me as a irl realistic way to deal with it.

I really like the idea of that sort of thing. Essentially like a big dresser but with power so you can shut the coffee grinder, toaster, stand mixer etc away rather than having to unplug and put in drawers. I'll have to see if that could be feasible in our new kitchen (hopefully coming this year).

We're doing just that, but no doors.

We had our coffee machine/grinder/kettle/toaster in a cupboard like that at our old place, with a mini bi-fold door made out of larch slats. The appliances pulled out on kitchen drawer runners and there were lots of plugs at the back of the cupboard.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgbvW9nvID/?hl=en-gb

What the architect's Instagram post doesn't show you is that the white panel at the front of the cupboard was a door. This was the builder's idea as he pointed out that getting things in and out wouldn't be very practical with just the bi-fold door.

So your typical combo of architect inspiration and builder practicality!

Definitely doing the same again at our current place. IIRC it came about because we didn't want anything left out on the worktops and I still feel that way.

One obvious method is to resist purchasing loads of unnecessary kitchen gadgets. My wife forced me into buying a toaster, but that's all we have on the worktop.

Tambour can also be quite cool, yes. Probably more affordable than pivoting.
@fox oh hello. Neat, but almost too much, but only almost.

Of course you can reduce the machines. And if you have induction use a kettle instead of watercooker. I fought the rice cooker but lost, toaster is important, and I am not lifting the kitchenaid around, too heavy. Also depends on your cooking style I guess.

We did this for coffee grinder and microwave, just chopped a hole in the back of the unit (DIY kitchens) and used a drywall socket box for the socket. Didn’t need to fold the doors away, you’re only using microwave or grinder for a small amount of time per day.

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I did find a tambour unit on diykitchens actually but not sure a bit metal shutter is gonna pass the kitchen vibe check :(

some good suggestions above though.

Another question - anyone used slate or soapstone worktop? I want something along those lines for the island worktop.