reflective of poor planning...perhaps they chose to not move the gas line to avoid a little cost and calling someone...too bad. Placement of dishwasher is far from ideal as well. Get a smaller fridge...sell the larger model you currently have on craigs list. With a smaller model...and recessed as well, your elbows and arm maneuvering at stove won't be interfered with by fridge protrusion. Anything else will be a mess of a project with cutting, removing, damaging things. It's a shame in such a large space that the renovation was handled this way. Live with it for a year...perhaps if you are awash in cash and have time to plan a better renovation, sell all the components...take it all out and redo it. One assumes you like and purchased the home for more than just the kitchen. The price point a buyer would offer has to reflect the need to correct the renovation mistakes....these are mistakes even if the seller spent money and it's newly done.

Is there anywhere else to put the fridge? You can always have a custom cab guy try to match the cabs and do something different like a butcher block countertop. I'd take not matching over a horrible layout! Maybe you could swap the stove for the cabinet to the left of it and replace uppers with a real vent hood? Otherwise herbflavors suggestion sounds easiest! Such a bummer and would have been so easy to avoid!

That kitchen is at least 20 years old. Maybe older. No "just renovated" anything about it. It already needs renovating again because of the poor layout and dark cave they created of the work surface. Start planning to gut it.

Green designs is right. The only remodeling they did is probably to put new granite on top of 20 year old cabinets and probably buy a new DW and fridge.

Is there a place you could move the fridge to?

Thank you for all the comments everyone. Interesting that Green designs and cpartist say that the kitchen looks 20 years old. I guess I don't have a very good eye, because I thought it looked newer. If that's true, that makes it easier to think about pulling everything out and starting over.

I'll see if there is another place to move the fridge, the problem is what to do with the empty space next to the stove.

How old is the condo? I suspect the original kitchen floor plan was great with the fridge on the left, perhaps the dishwasher and sink under the window and the range on the right. Whoever "updated" this messed it up. Fortunately for you, that probably means no major electrical or plumbing changes to make it great.

My parents put in honey oak cathedral arch cabinet doors in our house in 1981.

If there is a different spot for the fridge, you could get a stainless steel cart or butcher block topped cart and slide it in next to the range. That and some undercabinet lighting should buy you quite a bit of time in this kitchen. I've seen far worse!

FWIW, we housesat for some friends that had the fridge right next to the stove. It didn't bug me as much as I thought it might, and at least it was convenient for those last minute ingredients from fridge to stove. White sauce is too thick? Keep stirring and grab the milk from the fridge, all at the same time. ; ) (There's was a single door fridge on the left of the stove, though,)

I guess I don't have a very good eye, because I thought it looked newer. If that's true, that makes it easier to think about pulling everything out and starting over.

Frankly there is nothing wrong with the look of the cabinets. If they are in good condition (and in the pictures they look to be good quality), I would definitely consider keeping them too. I was making the point just so you know that it most likely hadn't been completely updated like you believed.

Now having said that, I believe there's a more efficient layout you could create too. If you're like me and not a great cook, then I'd keep what's there if possible. If cooking is something you do lots of, I think you'd be better off creating a more workable kitchen.

I would follow laughable's advice. I like the looks of the kitchen. Why not enjoy it for awhile?

I don't see this as a live with it question at this stage because you haven't paid for the house yet. I see it as a realistic evaluation of the space as it relates to what you would be satisfied with at a given price. Now that you know more about it you can decide its value. Put in a bid that includes the changes you want to make and see if you get the house.