we need dimensions and plans including the whole kitchen and adjoining rooms

Without floor plan and dimensions, I would suggest the following, removing the corner cupboard in the Pantry and adding storage into the kitchen, could be a a broom cupboard etc.

Hi Oklouise and Siruiskey

Thanks for replying. Here is a better layout.

Laundry is 1580x3150

Scullery/Kitchen is 2780x7630 i think.

Or this

Yeah no. I would not want my bedsheets anywhere near last nights curry. I also wouldn't want a washing machine in any part of the house where it's noise is going to intrude on the living spaces. .While I agree that often having an entire room devoted to a washing machine and sink can seem wasteful. I think if you are a family and that machine is going to be running most days of the week you do want a door on it and the ability to not listen to the spin cycle.

Having the washer in the kitchen is fine in the UK because

1. Most people use front loaders which are much quieter when running.

2. There just isn't anywhere else to put it.

Needs must, but if you have the choice a laundry is a much better option.

Hi Kate,

We did think about entry to the laundry from the Living. But that doesn't quite work. Especially once we furnish the living area.

I notice your dining area is quite large. What do you need in that space, I’m looking at constraints on the kitchen laundry space. How many bedrooms are there and what is on bottom side of laundty

you said that the laundry is only 2280 long...but the plans shows space for a tub, washing machine, counter and cubboard and the 1800 wide sliding glass door suggests a much longer room..please verify the correct dimensions of the laundry and scullery....the whole plan should have dimensions along the outside walls

thanks for picking that up oklouise. i have updated the dimensions. So many numbers must have saw something else.

@Kate below the laundry is an ensuite for guest bedroom. This is a narrow block and has already been through planning. Only thing i can change is internal walls to an extent. No external changes or windows.

I think you will use all the 3.1m for the laundry if you have a family size house. So I would recommend keeping the separation as this will help you keep the mess from spilling into kitchen, Have you got a laundry chute from upstairs, Could move the linen to the void next to the powder room entry by flipping powder room

i would have a 750mm cavity slider between laundry and scullery for better hygiene and noise control but location of all sinks, stove and fridge depends on how you plan to use the kitchen, island and scullery and do you want a wall oven, wide cooktop, built in microwave etc will you use appliances in the scullery or kitchen, are the cooks right or left handed as that will help decide best location for DW but my first suggestion would be to move the sliding door in the laundry to allow for wall to wall tall storage for cleaning appliances ironing board etc and there's space for front loading wm and floor mounted condensor dryer, drop in laundry tub in a wide counter and underbench space for a tall laundry basket and wall cabinets for cleaning products and a hanging rod but the laundry and scullery counters could be deeper for more useful work surface and neater under counter wm space and i would lose the small return wall in the scullery as it cramps the work space

Access to the laundry needs to be reconsidered and the space between the Powder room and guest bedroom is wasted space in a build with space so critical.

I was going to make that same comment this morning CP and forgot, it's all a bit back to front and would prefer the dining and Living swapped so that family can sit in the living space while work goes on in the kitchen and also gives the living direct access to the outside. You will most likely have an outdoor table sitting anyway? I think that the ground floor internal space needs re thinking overall

given the choice i would lose the external door from the laundry but we don't know the options for drying area in the backyard but the guest bathroom and powder room could be a little more spacious just by reducing the width of the shower to a double 1500 x 900 and my suggestions for furniture arrangements

Great job on getting that powder room moved. But if possible to swap living and dining (not sure what windows are like where you'd want to place a tv) your movements around this area would flow better. Having stairs ending almost in front of your tv seems problematic to me.

There are always many ways to do things and I would like to suggest the following.

One concern has been the lack of natural light getting back into the centre of the ground floor, by opening the laundry from both the kitchen end and living room you will get light and airflow via the sliding door in the laundry while still not seeing any laundry fittings etc, sliding direction would be best right to left from the exterior.

Swapping the dinning and living makes more sense to me with no traffic walking past the screen, I would also think it better to have window/s in the wall for once again allowing light back into the centre of the ground floor.

What I consider wasted space, the entrance into the powder room and guest bedroom could be better used to add a large linen cupboard next to the laundry. And then the must have computer desk/study that can be used by kids to study under the watchful eye of parents while preparing meals cheers

Thank you all for the various options. Will discuss with my builder on what we can change. Unfortunately i think External/Windows can't be changed at this stage without incurring significant costs.

This is a great forum for help. Wish i could have known about this earlier.

I like Siriuskey’s idea of flipping the dining and living particularly given where the stair entry is. Another option is to flip the kitchen so the scullery is at the window end putting the island closer to the dining and giving a wall for the tv, noting the windows on two sides of the living space in the corner. This does separate if from the laundry but I don’t think that’s a bad thing as discussed earlier, Could also double size of laundry pinching some off the computer space or dining space. The linen then goes into laundry and the space where linen is becomes the desk area or simply a drop zone.