Drawers are just the marvellous. You get more storage in the same amount of space. It is easier to get everything in and out of them. Ensure you get telescopic runners and soft close features. I don't have any cons against drawers. Best thing in a kitchen ever. Get different depth for different items. Plan your layout so plates, glasses etc can go straight from dishwasher into their drawer. We can empty our dishwasher of nearly every thing with hardly a step. Drawers, drawers, drawers as many of them you can in. :)

Running with your second floor plan (and ignore the glass sliding doors in this image) but would you consider changing your 3m narrow splash to a full sized fixed window on half the side and the remaining side create as the cooking area with cupboards, oven etc.? You mentioned you have stacker doors in the direction of the lounge, but in terms of space, from these doors, it's living area no windows at a room length of around 7m, followed by 4m kitchen room length including a 3m narrow glass splash to provide natural light for the kitchen area (cupboards noted above)? From your drawings there seems to be no windows on the opposite wall, is that right? I feel you will need to bring additional natural light into the kitchen area possibly bigger than the 3m glass panels if only 0.6m tall (or similar) especially with cupboards on top. If you're not keen on swapping out the narrow splash here's another example with your second floor plan (and also ignore glass sliding doors in this image) but possibly a tall window or fixed glass panel before your kitchen bench starts - even if <1m wide. Or greater than 1m if you're OK to encroach on your 3m glass splash and make it shorter. If the island bench is not a "must" you could create similar to this image and have a L-shape bench so it encloses the kitchen a bit more. This will help create the next room of your house ie. Kitchen - and you'll gain a few more cupboards if you're really wanting additional. Then have the big fixed window adjoining the L-shape next to the seating bench. You could still have your narrow glass splash with cupboards above, possibly just shorter (only referencing the L-shape and large door in this image - imagine fixed glass full-size wall panel in lieu of door next to the seats. Ignore the remainder of the kitchen). Is this an existing dwelling or new home build? For either of your options, are you impacting your roof-line as your first floor plan suggests you're widening the kitchen by 1m? The first plan I'm guessing will cost more; light wells and extra bricks vs straight wall. As mentioned by the other posts, there's plenty of storage options. You still have a decent amount of room for cupboards including a full-sized pantry next to your fridge space. I also agree with jbantick's of balancing space indoors and out (not knowing surroundings).

I wish every investor would ask for opinion like you when building a rental property We've been living on rental properties since forever and had enough so we're buying a land to build a home for us. Not sure where you're building but have some ideas from past experiences in Sydney and now in QLD. -doesn't look like you have much linen nor kitchen cupboard space. I would take a bit of space of the home theater and add a linen facing dining room. Or is there one already? I can't see. The more cupboard the merrier. -microwave spot, the one we're renting now doesn't have one and we had to put microwave on the island, it's just annoying and takes the space - Fan, please consider putting fan throughout, it's a deal breaker for us when renting and I'm sure for a lot of people as well. I would put air-con just on main bed, I reckon it's a waste of money for you and for whoever is renting to have air-con in the living area it takes forever to cool/heat up the room on open plans. - Shelves in the robes, this makes a HUGE difference, where we're now doesn't have any, we have to hang everything it's super annoying. I won't even mention drawers I don't think they exist on rental properties - I'm a fan of natural like so really like the idea of a window as splash back. - Single garage for 3beds? Is there any storage? - Exhaust & heating light in bathroom - Agree with laundry, I would at least change door location so you don't have to go through the kitchen. - Upstairs media could be used as a study maybe put some data/internet point there. - It doesn't look there is much working bench top space in the kitchen, sink seems to be taking most of the space, I would double check the dims and maybe make it bigger? These are just some ideas. when we're looking for a place we have a checklist: it will fit our king size bed, does it have fan & air-con, does it have plenty of storage, does it have plenty of working bench top space in the kitchen, does it have a dishwasher, microwave spot, does it have blinds, does it have natural light coming in, I could go on but you get the idea.

If you are going for an all white kitchen I would use stone for the benchtops to provide some interest and difference in texture, an all white laminate kitchen could look very bland and cheap. Combining matte and gloss finishes too would look fantastic with the all white scheme. Have you tried looking at online auction sites like Grays Online for your sink? i dont know what location your in but they have some brand new available at the moment and national delivery, or you could save some $$ and pick up. They have some with the built-in tap hole - if your interested heres the link https://www.graysonline.com/search.aspx?q=kitchen+stainless+sink You could also add some inexpensive strip lighting or downlights underneath the cabinets, its a small detail but in an all white kitchen has a lot of impact