Kitchen layout

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KIT-01

Kitchen layout

Kitchen

Plan: two facing runs with a 1,500 mm aisle as drawn, no corners

Best for

Narrow plans.

Watch out

Whether two people can pass while cooking depends on the clear aisle left with appliance doors and drawers open, and on how many cook at once — check the illustrated 1,500 mm aisle against your appliances and household. Door swings at either end can also fight the run.

Relative cost

Efficient: less run length than an L or U for the same storage.

Consequential work

Sets a minimum clear width between runs; confirm it before the plan is fixed.

Plan: a 1,800 mm run turns along the side wall, one corner

Best for

The general-purpose answer — works in most rooms and leaves a natural dining or circulation zone.

Watch out

The corner is dead volume unless a corner solution is specified with it.

Relative cost

Moderate.

Consequential work

Pairs with a corner decision (KIT-09); leaving that open leaves storage unresolved.

Plan: one 4,200 mm run on one wall, no corners

Best for

Small apartments and utility runs where the kitchen is one wall.

Watch out

Everything competes for one run — sink, hob and fridge crowd each other and prep space suffers.

Relative cost

The least run length, so the least cabinetry.

Consequential work

Appliance positions must be settled early; there is no second wall to move something to.

Plan: runs on three walls, joined at two corners

Best for

Cooks who want maximum storage and worktop with everything in reach.

Watch out

Needs real floor width; two corners means two corner problems and a closed-in feel in a small room.

Relative cost

The most run length of the four.

Consequential work

Two corner solutions to decide, and the open end must still take a door or circulation.

Cost lines are relative and typical for the illustrated specification. Relative cost names the direct cost drivers, consequential work names what else changes, and watch out names the checks required. Exceptions and site conditions can change any of them. A relative direction, not an amount. Nothing here is a price; the figure belongs to whoever supplies the item and is set after measurement.

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