I think the abundance of living areas is the waste of space.

Once you decide on exactly what you NEED in way of living areas, this will then give you the space for the kitchen that you want.

Note; A kitchen is used everyday.....you have 4 living areas on the ground floor. How many would be used everyday.....?

is this the best location for the kitchen as it feels like the family room is closed off from outside and the rumpus could be a better location for the kitchen but what is the purpose of the other room without a name?

Top left room is home office (we both work from home)

There are seven people who live in the house, including two teenage boys, two pre-teen boys and three adults. That's why there is so many living spaces.

Home office for both parents who work from home for their own company. Rumpus room and theatre room for various children and their friends. Main living off kitchen for general hanging out/board games/etc.

yes, I am worried the family room might get a bit dark, there are a lot of walls with no windows off it!

Hi anavrinny I am with you when it comes to not putting a sink in the Island. Placing your sink along your window wall will work well, you have plenty of width. You could stack your wall oven and Microwave. You could even do something like the layout in the image below with door leading into your butlers Pantry, and giving a good workflow.

Hope this helps, Malcolm.

Moves ray with an island as it is much better for multiple people. I’d make it 1200 wide. Move sink to back wall. Personally a one sided walk in pantry is a complete waste of space. A larger fridge at right angle to the Island should be indented into pantry space this will free up space on back wall and make fridge easier to access for drinks, ice etc.

Oh I was trying to edit but it posted. ‘Moves ray’ was ‘I would stay’ with an island.

Compass image more like it.

my suggestion rotates the island to make more circulation space for a crowd and the sink and mw on one side and the fridge on the other end so the kids can grab a snack or drink without crowding the cook's work space and also consider rotating the laundry and pantry with external access through the mudroom

oklouise: Oh interesting, I hadn't thought of doing that to the laundry/pantry! I would probably close those off, I know it's probably about getting groceries from the car -> pantry in the simplest route, but I worry about dampness/humidity from the dryer going into the pantry?

Hm, I admit I usually see windows in front of the sink which is why I thought to move it to that wall, but I see your point about the fridge being out of the way of the cooks workspace, it's a constant problem in our current house!

Would having the wall oven right at the entry to the pantry cause issues? Would that leave enough space for someone to open the door and get things out?

i would prefer not to have a door between pantry and laundry and added the door more for extra light for the windowless laundry but a simple solar skylight will make the laundry bright enough and a floor mounted condensor dryer will avoid the humidity (and depending on upstairs floorplan a laundry shute could be an option?) ... the location of the wall oven shouldn't be a problem (i have a similar arrangement) and keep in mind that the oven door is only opened occasionally standing to the side and the counter (or sink drainer) over the dishwasher is an extra convenient location for a right handed set down space for hot ovenware and, eliminating potential traffic through the laundry, will help make the oven location even better

...but i have to ask the location of any views or north as the windows on the plan seem oddly placed?

Yeah, there are some other changes we are going to try to make to the plan (6m garage, etc)!

6m much better.