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are you planning a diy flatpac kitchen or custom cabinetry? unfortunately i don't think there's enough space to have such a long island bench and suggest that there would be better counter space and more easily accessed storage by moving the laundry door and having an 1800 island and standard tall pantry...moving the laundry door and omitting the corner pantry allows for an extra 1500 wall cabinets, more counter space, more drawers and the microwave could be positioned in a microwave wall cabinet with the door opening towards the window and the whole kitchen would feel more spacious and by not extending the wall behind the stove there can be a simple 30cm overhang for stools.....based on standard flatpac sizes something like this could work ...

understanding all your restrictions would help suggest other options but the original staircase uses too much space and if you add scaled sized furniture to the original plans you'll see that the meals area is mostly taken up with walkways to the stairs and back door and there's very little space left for a dining table..the stairs have to fit both the floors of the house and it's not possible to reduce staircase space upstairs without also changing downstairs

Hi Janelle, You would like to have internal access to the laundry. However, going through the bathroom to the laundry will get complicated in that you could not be using the bathroom whilst accessing the laundry or the house from the laundry/back garden. I am not sure what your budget is but the sketch below is what I would do to make best use of the space whilst maintaining privacy for the bathroom and keeping the external form of the building the same. I'm not sure what your historic control issues are so I am not sure if this will work for you. There is now only one toilet - less to clean and there is a second one in the ensuite, but it is separate and private. That bathroom is at the end so completely private. If you have a guest that likes long baths, there is no restriction on access to the laundry. The laundry, separate toilet and the bathroom all have internal access and access to a back door. You can adjust the position of the toilet room to suit how much space you want for the vanity or the length of the laundry cupbds. I am unsure of your exact measurements but if you allow 1000mm for the vanity and 1500mm x 1000mm for the toilet, there should be 3m of laundry cupboards and bench plus 1200mm for the tub and washing mashine. The washing machine and tub can also go on the wall against the original house with possible direct access from your dressing room for laundry, but thought it would be nicer near the back door and window. You could still make a laundry basket access from your dressing room!!!! You could put doors over that bench area too, to keep the laundry looking very smart if you have visitors!!! A full wall of 3m long will give you ample options of how to arrange it for your needs. You could have a full length bench with overhead cupboards or shelves all behind tall doors. Up to you. Good luck, C.