• For us, the main boon is being able to use the benches as storage; they'll have full depth slide-out drawers for hiding crap that doesn't need regular access.

    i get the point, but for me, more storage = more crap.
    i considered built in bench seating when we did our extension, but decided that flexibility of movable benches / dining table / option to open out the floor space for parties etc. was more beneficial.

    have you considered storage benches on castors?

  • I'll dig some out and find some pics of what it was like before.
    disclaimer - don't be expecting a luffguss 40k mega kitchen, that was more than the budget for the entire build 🙃

  • a couple of pics of our extension before and after.
    we had a narrow galley kitchen and a conservatory when we bought the house.
    we kept the same overall footprint, and essentially squared off the back of the house.
    we added a new stud wall where the internal beam is in the before photo, which gave us a cloakroom off the hallway and a small utility using the old back door opening.
    we managed to build up from the dwarf conservatory wall without digging additional foundations, then knocked through the galley kitchen to give an open plan space.

    nothing super fancy, but a great improvement over what was there before.

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